Would this be a bad time to switch positions for the purposes of career progression and higher compensation? My current position seems stable but no room for growth and also a disorganized mess, not a very mature legal department. On one hand I’m the only that knows what they’re doing on the other hand i would like to go somewhere where I can learn more how a mature legal department should operate within a legally savvy business. But seems like a risky move in this economic climate?

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Following - in same boat. Im the only in house employment counsel … and have been told there’s no where for me to go. Im just a one man shop. And also - lots of chaos.

I sure hope not. I’m getting ready to make a move. I can’t imagine being laid off because it’s not the kind of job that a company can easily do without.

Same here, current job is secure and stable, paid well, but the department is a mess and two Legal VPs are enemies to each other, the GC failed to manage the team. Thinking leaving but not sure given the market now

Ditto. Want to leave, worried about last in first out. Litigation counsel, legal team is a mess, really low morale, and compensation is well below market. But below market isn’t unemployed….

@senior counsel 1 - I’m the only one doing what I do at my current job. But you do make a good point.

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