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Anonymous wrote:I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone losing their job would seem to others like an opportunity to joke. Unless it's for gross incompetence, no one deserves a lay off. There before the grace of god go I.

I think it's "but for" the grace of God. But who's counting. This reminds me of someone who wrote it's a doggeedog world.

Good for you that you are so smart and clever. Good for you. *clapping*

Knowing this expression is a matter of basic cultural competency. Don't have to be smart and clever. Just don't use big words and expressions unless you have a clear understanding of what you are saying. Seriously it's good advice. Using simple words and phrases will actually make you appear smarter. You may hate me saying it, but in the back of your mind you know I'm right.

For example, you could have said "hey, don't celebrate someone else's misfortune, because it could very well happen to you."

Is it weird when a foreigner who speaks broken English uses colloquial American expressions?

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Anonymous wrote:I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone losing their job would seem to others like an opportunity to joke. Unless it's for gross incompetence, no one deserves a lay off. There before the grace of god go I.

I think it's "but for" the grace of God. But who's counting. This reminds me of someone who wrote it's a doggeedog world.

Good for you that you are so smart and clever. Good for you. *clapping*

Knowing this expression is a matter of basic cultural competency. Don't have to be smart and clever. Just don't use big words and expressions unless you have a clear understanding of what you are saying. Seriously it's good advice. Using simple words and phrases will actually make you appear smarter. You may hate me saying it, but in the back of your mind you know I'm right.

For example, you could have said "hey, don't celebrate someone else's misfortune, because it could very well happen to you."

Anonymous wrote:I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone losing their job would seem to others like an opportunity to joke. Unless it's for gross incompetence, no one deserves a lay off. There before the grace of god go I.

There BUT FOR the grace of God.

People lose their jobs every day in this country. Industries and whole cities have been wiped out. We have been living in a bubble in DC. Layoffs for 65 overpaid lawyers is not exactly going to make most Americans cry.

If you're an attorney at Patton Boggs, I'm sure you have plenty of money saved for a rainy day, unlike many others in this country who make minimum wage.

Anonymous wrote:back in 2009 not crack in 2009!

And why does everyone self correct? Anyone with sense knows your writing on a phone and it always self corrects in srupid ways.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone losing their job would seem to others like an opportunity to joke. Unless it's for gross incompetence, no one deserves a lay off. There before the grace of god go I.

I think it's "but for" the grace of God. But who's counting. This reminds me of someone who wrote it's a doggeedog world.

Good for you that you are so smart and clever. Good for you. *clapping*

Knowing this expression is a matter of basic cultural competency. Don't have to be smart and clever. Just don't use big words and expressions unless you have a clear understanding of what you are saying. Seriously it's good advice. Using simple words and phrases will actually make you appear smarter. You may hate me saying it, but in the back of your mind you know I'm right.

back in 2009 not crack in 2009!

DH formerly worked at another firm where dozens of staffers were laid off on one day crack in 2009, and he said it was awful. One of the saddest things he's ever seen. Lots of sobbing and hugging and grief. No matter what you think of the number of lawyers around, law firms are big employers and no individual (lawyer or staffer) deserves to get laid off absent, as a PP said previously, their own gross negligence. I feel bad for all those who lost their jobs in this mess of an economy.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone losing their job would seem to others like an opportunity to joke. Unless it's for gross incompetence, no one deserves a lay off. There before the grace of god go I.

I think it's "but for" the grace of God. But who's counting. This reminds me of someone who wrote it's a doggeedog world.

Good for you that you are so smart and clever. Good for you. *clapping*

Report now says 65 plus 18 partners given till the end of the year to improve performance.

To answer an earlier question equity partners typically can't be fired but can be counseled out, have their pay cut, have their status changed. If all else fails the partnership can vote to expel a partner but that's quite rare.

Anonymous wrote:I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone losing their job would seem to others like an opportunity to joke. Unless it's for gross incompetence, no one deserves a lay off. There before the grace of god go I.

I think it's "but for" the grace of God. But who's counting. This reminds me of someone who wrote it's a doggeedog world.

Anonymous wrote:65 staffers laid off in DC office:

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/patton-boggs-layoffs-hit-dc-office-88320.html

Sorry -- more than 2 dozen in the DC office; 65 staffers overall.

65 staffers laid off in DC office:

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/patton-boggs-layoffs-hit-dc-office-88320.html

My small law firm (20 or so lawyers) has never been busier. The big firm model is ridiculous and this type of thing is bound to happen more and more. It's unsustainable. Do the math. Simple math. Economics.

Anonymous wrote:I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone losing their job would seem to others like an opportunity to joke. Unless it's for gross incompetence, no one deserves a lay off. There before the grace of god go I.

Lawyers survive by being zealous advocates. Those targeted by such zeal sometimes find it interesting that the zealous ones want "understanding" when Adam Smith shows up. Not me of course, I do have some skin in the game.

I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone losing their job would seem to others like an opportunity to joke. Unless it's for gross incompetence, no one deserves a lay off. There before the grace of god go I.