Comments on: The Month in Layoffs – October 09 http://lawshucks.com/2009/11/the-month-in-layoffs-october-09/ A self-deprecating look at life in and after BigLaw Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:14:33 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: unioninlawfirms http://lawshucks.com/2009/11/the-month-in-layoffs-october-09/#comment-1498 unioninlawfirms Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:02:02 +0000 http://lawshucks.com/?p=3609#comment-1498 I guess the giant Dickstein Shapiro is first on the list for November. I appreciate that you acknowledge that law firms attempt to be coy about their lay offs. Hundred of jobs are eliminated through performance review scams - afterall there are no unions in law firms so it's a secretary against a multimillionaire attorney with lots of litigation experience. A paralegal can have several years of outstanding performance reviews and then bam! they have huge "problems" with your performance during the Great Recession. So he/she ends up "resigning." I know of several additional lay offs not included in these charts but you're black balled if you talk to the press so no one says anything. Thanks for maintaining this. It's important. I guess the giant Dickstein Shapiro is first on the list for November.

I appreciate that you acknowledge that law firms attempt to be coy about their lay offs.
Hundred of jobs are eliminated through performance review scams – afterall there are no unions in law firms so it's a secretary against a multimillionaire attorney with lots of litigation experience. A paralegal can have several years of outstanding performance reviews and then bam! they have huge "problems" with your performance during the Great Recession. So he/she ends up "resigning."
I know of several additional lay offs not included in these charts but you're black balled if you talk to the press so no one says anything.
Thanks for maintaining this. It's important.

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