Layoff dos and don’ts

To law firms

• Don’t be cheap with severance payouts
• Do offer generous packages
• Don’t keep staff on pins and needles
• Don’t try to pass off layoffs as performance-based cuts
    (see also last year’s PR firing fiasco)
• If you have to lay folks off, do it with “class”

To lawyers

• Do retain a sense of humor
• But don’t get too creative with your cover letter
• If you’re in debt, do look into renegotiating interest payments
• But don’t skip out on your law school loans
• And don’t spend your salary advance too quickly
• Do consider “rebranding” yourself for a tighter job market

- posted by vera