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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Associate here. Firm gave me 3 months to find a new job. True layoff/not performance related. How do I negotiate more time? [/quote]

Sorry that you're going through this.  Just ask.  Even though it's a true layoff, they should want you to land well.  Also ask to use their executive coach and career counselor to help you with interviewing and resumes.  And, no matter what, ask them to keep you on the website until you have a new job, even if it takes longer than 3 months.  It's so hard to find a job if it looks like you are currently unemployed.[/quote]

But then what do you do when the interviewer asks you what your current employment is, and when they check your references and find out that you were terminated even though you're still on the website?  Won't that dishonesty be worse?[/quote]

The guy this happened to at my old firm was still an employee, just unpaid.  Not sure if they paid health insurance costs or not.[/quote]

Never heard of this kind of arrangement in other workplaces. So, the firm is not paying you, but pretend you are still employed by them?  Can the employee file a lawsuit to require salary (for example, after leaving the firm)?  Are you sure law firms can do that? [/quote]

It’s what law firms do. It’s perhaps unique. But done all the time. [/quote]

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