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Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick
My firm did layoffs last week. It sucks long and hard. One associate I am extremely fond of was affected. I have never been at a firm that did layoffs before but it strikes me that a goodbye lunch (with partners in attendance) for a laid-off associate would be not only awkward, but kind of weird. Amirite? I just got an invite (from the partner in charge of the group) for a goodbye lunch for an associate I like a lot. I imagine the lunch is just going to be a big downer. I kind of feel obliged to go, but also very weird about it.
If PLF gives me a yellow card for this post, I am going to jump through the internet all the way to Minnesota and pinch him. Hard.
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We haven't had layoffs, but usually when people around here leave (whether completely voluntary or not) folks are pretty gracious so that a last meal isn't all that horrible. I think the partnership tends to see departing people are potential future clients. But dinner is preferable as alochol always helps for these things.
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