I would love to be made redundant. Slim chance though, as sadly I seem to be too useful. A long time ago a previous employer had a round of redundos. Mate of mine went to management and literally begged to be be part of it. He was told no way, you're good, we need you. All the people who got canned got massive pay-outs. Many went travelling the world for six months. That experience definitely helped shape the way I view the working world.
We only have 2 active recruitment tickets - 1-3 pqe and 6-8 pqe. Usually would have a few more but some partners are a little nervous (I remain confident and of the view that you should always be recruitment given attrition, promotions etc etc)
Yeah, there was a staggering amount of dead wood to be fair. Nevertheless, they were constantly sending people on utterly pointless and long trips at vast expense. It's over 10 years ago, but my mind still boggles.
Yes, unless your contract is slient on redundancy and then you're stuffed with statutory unless you can make a realistic threat of a an unfair dismissal claim for the higher of 105k or your salary, or an uncapped claim for discrimination...
If you were made redundant on or after 6 April 2023, your weekly pay is capped at £643 and the maximum statutory redundancy pay you can get is £19,290.
You can tell how screwed the transactional job market is by looking for corporate solicitor jobs in London on The Lawyer website and noting how many are a) not in London b) nothing to do with corporate, even through there are sod all on there anyway. No actual jobs, just desperate chinnies just trying to find anyone to fill jobs to keep them afloat.
No ffs. not even an interview. they called me and asked me a load of questions about my app then said I should expect to hear shortly then nothing. Suspect it was filled internally tbh.
Getting booted in early Q2 next year with a decent pay off would probably be the sweet spot. Take the summer off and aim to find something towards the back end of the year to start in Jan 2025.
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Agony aunt
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ask Prigozhin is mercenary is a chaos proof job
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childminder?
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Heh
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if you'd gone to the tax bar the first time I'd suggested it you'd be taking silk soon
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Get a US Tax LLM from Georgetown or NYU. Just one year and ~$100k including living expenses in DC/NYC. But it would pay for itself in no time. 😁
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I would love to be made redundant. Slim chance though, as sadly I seem to be too useful. A long time ago a previous employer had a round of redundos. Mate of mine went to management and literally begged to be be part of it. He was told no way, you're good, we need you. All the people who got canned got massive pay-outs. Many went travelling the world for six months. That experience definitely helped shape the way I view the working world.
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damnit heff you know I find weird posh people unsettling
is it too late now? maybe this is how I should ride out the recession
having to do all those obscenely expensive economic closed shop exams is so depressing to contemplate tho
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PP that actually sounds kind of achievable when you lay it out
imagine how stressful if no one woudl hire me tho
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Are big payouts still a thing?
We only have 2 active recruitment tickets - 1-3 pqe and 6-8 pqe. Usually would have a few more but some partners are a little nervous (I remain confident and of the view that you should always be recruitment given attrition, promotions etc etc)
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Based on the trends during the last recession and then how social habits have moved on -
Deliveroo driver
Just eat driver
Macdonalds worker esp at Waterloo station at 11PM when it's heaving
Amazon delivery driver
Amazon warehouse personnel
PR advisor person to the Tories for the latest chaos
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No employer who’s taken decent advice is going to be making big payouts kids, sorry,
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no sign of redundo our shop (or anywhere else that I can see, tbh). Everyone’s two thousand percent utilised
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No employer who’s taken decent advice is going to be making big payouts kids, sorry,
Well the place where I worked when this happened was a complete clown-show and I reckon they probably didn't get any advice at all.
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Well there's been a couple in the press tbf
Re payouts, you'd need a fairly bad lawyer to not end up with at least basic contractual entitlements
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Which Fritz is probably why they were offloading people anyway.
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Yeah, there was a staggering amount of dead wood to be fair. Nevertheless, they were constantly sending people on utterly pointless and long trips at vast expense. It's over 10 years ago, but my mind still boggles.
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This was a corporate btw. Not a law firm.
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I thought basic entitlements were like 250 quid a week per year of service plus notice pay?
Better than nothing but I don't think it's better than having a secure gig
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Yes, unless your contract is slient on redundancy and then you're stuffed with statutory unless you can make a realistic threat of a an unfair dismissal claim for the higher of 105k or your salary, or an uncapped claim for discrimination...
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https://www.gov.uk/redundancy-your-rights/redundancy-pay
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Christ
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But, y’know, we all live in houses so we know everything about house law too,
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You can tell how screwed the transactional job market is by looking for corporate solicitor jobs in London on The Lawyer website and noting how many are a) not in London b) nothing to do with corporate, even through there are sod all on there anyway. No actual jobs, just desperate chinnies just trying to find anyone to fill jobs to keep them afloat.
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If it happens, just run with it.
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https://news.stv.tv/world/banking-giant-barclays-to-cut-900-jobs-in-dis…
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Plan is “survive until ‘25”
2024 gonna be ugly
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Time to jump on the AI or cybersecurity bandwagons
There are jobs aplenty there
Can’t imagine that there will be many in house gigs in the future that won’t come with an expectation of at least one TBH
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Jobs in AI warning people in real jobs their jobs are going to be wiped out? Haven’t the turkeys already voted for Christmas?
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It will pass
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I’d bite their hand off for enhanced
Take 6 months off then more dosh as the economy takes flight under +400 seat LAB MAGGA GEE
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Bertha: the future is undoubtedly fecked by AI but also undoubtedly there are jobs there now while the industry is still forming
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Sorry luv but the boat has sailed. You out-Laz Laz and no one has done that before.
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During work drinks recently after a few too many jars I pleaded with my boss to "Just make me redundant ffs".
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are you moving to Edinburgh?
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No ffs. not even an interview. they called me and asked me a load of questions about my app then said I should expect to hear shortly then nothing. Suspect it was filled internally tbh.
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bah
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Getting booted in early Q2 next year with a decent pay off would probably be the sweet spot. Take the summer off and aim to find something towards the back end of the year to start in Jan 2025.
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https://youtu.be/j_1lIFRdnhA?si=InkzHUyeukXwh3dl
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Sorry to hear that Donny. UK bound, same or even further afield?
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