http://www.jdjournal.com/2009/05/09/tipster-brown-mccarroll-lays-off-lawyers-and-staff/ Legal Industry News Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:33:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.jdjournal.com/2009/05/09/tipster-brown-mccarroll-lays-off-lawyers-and-staff/comment-page-1/#comment-9393 Anonymous Sat, 16 May 2009 19:04:32 +0000 http://www.jdjournal.com/?p=12190#comment-9393 In addition to the layoffs, the admin staff were told that raises are on hold until March 2010, at the earliest, that the two weeks' pay bonuses will not be given at the end of this year, and that the annual holiday party has been cancelled for 2009. The attorneys, however, will still receive raises and bonuses (certainly more than two weeks of pay). The only cut for the attorneys will be the cancellation of the firm retreat, which most attorneys despise anyway. In this writer's opinion, as cost cutting measures, these cuts are nonsensical. If it is management's intent to trim the fat, why stop with the staff's bennies? Institute across-the-board freezes on pay raises and bonuses for everyone. Management Committee, why not set an example to the rest of the employees by demonstrating a self-sacrificing spirit? Think of the positive message it would be for the rest of the "team" that you, also, are personally willing to do whatever is necessary to preserve the company in this tough economy or is that too much to expect? In addition to the layoffs, the admin staff were told that raises are on hold until March 2010, at the earliest, that the two weeks’ pay bonuses will not be given at the end of this year, and that the annual holiday party has been cancelled for 2009. The attorneys, however, will still receive raises and bonuses (certainly more than two weeks of pay). The only cut for the attorneys will be the cancellation of the firm retreat, which most attorneys despise anyway. In this writer’s opinion, as cost cutting measures, these cuts are nonsensical. If it is management’s intent to trim the fat, why stop with the staff’s bennies? Institute across-the-board freezes on pay raises and bonuses for everyone. Management Committee, why not set an example to the rest of the employees by demonstrating a self-sacrificing spirit? Think of the positive message it would be for the rest of the “team” that you, also, are personally willing to do whatever is necessary to preserve the company in this tough economy or is that too much to expect?

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