Redundancy Watch: Macfarlanes. What to do next?
The threat of unemployment seems to be gaining momentum across the board at the moment and the legal sector is no exception. Macfarlanes announced yesterday that it has launched a redundancy consultation. Up to 14 staff are likley to be affected. Seven fee earners in the real estate practice look like they will be axed and another seven support staff are expected to be made redundant in corporate and real estate. Whilst it is difficult to look on the bright side, …
The threat of unemployment seems to be gaining momentum across the board at the moment and the legal sector is no exception. Macfarlanes announced yesterday that it has launched a redundancy consultation. Up to 14 staff are likley to be affected.
Seven fee earners in the real estate practice look like they will be axed and another seven support staff are expected to be made redundant in corporate and real estate.
Whilst it is difficult to look on the bright side, particularly when the recruitment market is also suffering, here is something to think about from Swordplay, Life after the Law: the Magnificent Seven.
The article looks at the seven lawyers (obviously) who went on to do other things such as writing, surfing, playboy modelling and winning the American Presidency (guess who)…
January 14, 2009
not again….
there should be one big cull, not this constant drip dying.
real estate will be f*%ked for another generation or so.
if (when) i fget garden leave im going ‘travelling’
January 14, 2009
14 redundancies isnt news.
BoA + Merrill = 30k layoffs…
lawyers should count themselves lucky.
January 14, 2009
2 bankers are the head of the animal that walked us into this mess. Lawyers have done well out of the good times but remember it is the junior ones getting sliced right now, many who will still be paying down debts etc so lucky how?