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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is op. This SUCKS. Im feeling defeated and depressed and imposter syndrome is eating me alive. The pip made no reference to a severance package and nothing was discussed about it. I think the posters who said it’s a 60 day runway and then they will talk to you about severance are wrong, I think this 60 day window is the severance period basically. [/quote]

I'm sorry OP. I agree with you, the paycheck from this 60 day period is likely the "severance." It's not a real PIP, if it does not include metrics to improve your performance and keep your job. If the metrics are you need to work more hours, then they need to be giving you the work. Maybe continue to play dumb and ask more questions about how to "pass" the PIP. If you're comfortable, you can see an attorney, not to sue them, but to help negotiate a better deal. [/quote]

You you want to go the play dumb and act like it's a real PIP, schedule weekly meeting with the partner to discuss progress and what you are doing to meet it. Part of an actual PIP is management working with the employee to hit the goals- in this case giving them the work. My guess is the PIP guise would drop very fast [/quote]
Isn’t this just playing games? It’s clear what their intentions are.[/quote]

DP - isn't the law firm just playing games? And playing them to CYA against an employment action against them?[/quote]

They are not playing games. They are running a business.

It would be much smarter to use the partner to introduce you to connections or serve as a reference rather than play dumb and embarrass oneself.[/quote]

I'm not OP, but let me get this right: the firm gets carte blanche to lie about the quality of OP's work and frame her dismissal as performance-based instead of the truth, which is that their business model is unable to sustain her as an employee. OP should do whatever is in her best interest, but if that includes calling the firm's bluff, then she should call it.[/quote]

You don't have big law experience and you're probably not a lawyer. You and others like you need to butt out. This isn't Microsoft. This is big law, which is insular and "calling their bluff" doesn't turn out well for people in OPs position.

Big law is up or out. Most people end up out. [/quote]

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