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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
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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]

If it were business as usual then maybe.  But right now because of the pandemic?  I think any new employer will understand that someone doing a job search right now is doing it for a furlough or termination reason.[/quote]

Nope. The legal field is uniquely oversaturated, unforgiving and prestige-driven. No one wants to hire an unemployed lawyer. They think if you were a star, you would never have been laid off. If you weren't a star, they don't want you.[/quote]

Then go to a non- big law firm. Probably better for your overall health and happiness.[/quote]

Oh, they don't want you either. No law firm wants to hire anyone not seen as top talent. And there are millions of law schools so there is a neverending supply of new lawyers.[/quote]

I'm sorry but this is a load of shit. I bought it hook line & sinker as an associate but then I finally did leave for a well-regarded boutique full of big law cast offs and many are very honest about the fact they weren't stars at their prestigious former firms. [/quote]

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Fancy big law castoffs are definitely [b]not sought after for the most well regarded in-house[/b] and smaller firm jobs. Check out LinkedIn if you don’t believe me.[/quote]

Then whom would those "well regarded in-house" hire?  In-houses do not hire directly from law school. [/quote]

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