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&lt;p&gt;As many employers turn to salary freezes, pay cuts and other cost-cutting measures in an effort to avoid layoffs, &lt;i&gt;The Lawyer&lt;/i&gt; on a trend among some British law firms to offer reduced hours as an alternative to redundancies. Last month, London-based firm Charles Russell and Gloucester-based BPE Solicitors offered lawyers the option of a four-day workweek (though Charles Russell is still undergoing redundancy consultations).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;That many employees&amp;#8212;though not all&amp;#8212;offered a choice between pocketing a smaller paycheck or receiving a pink slip would opt for the pay cut is not terribly surprising. After all, not everyone is eager to join the breadline or indulge in the &amp;#8220;Feed Yourself Challenge.&amp;#8221; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is more surprising is that some lawyers in Britain are offering to reduce their own pay to save &lt;i&gt;other&lt;/i&gt; people&amp;#8217;s jobs. Employees at the regional firm Mills &amp;amp; Reeve helped save some 25 jobs by volunteering to work shorter weeks or take sabbaticals. Such altruistic gestures aren&amp;#8217;t always welcomed: firm management reportedly rejected an offer by a group of employees at Denton Wilde Sapte to cut their own salaries to save colleagues&amp;#8217; positions. But I have yet to hear of similar offers made by associates at American firms&amp;#8212;which, of course, doesn&amp;#8217;t mean it hasn&amp;#8217;t happened (indeed, please write in to prove me wrong).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moreover, one might argue that, when the ship is going down, the good old American every-man-for-himself approach is more successful (albeit less civilized) than politely queuing up for the lifeboat.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;right&quot;&gt;- posted by vera&lt;/p&gt;

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