If there were law firm awards for firms that had played the most games with their staff and the media with regard to redundancies, the Australians would win hands down….
As much as the UK & US firms would have preferred to have kept their redundancy programmes quiet they still appear polite and adult enough to present the semblance of a plan.
As 2009 has rolled on we’ve seen little acceptance of reality, at least publicly,? by Australian law firms. With the oft repeated mantra that everything is ok and nobody was losing their jobs.
The emergence mid year, of blog, Firm Spy, has though brought some sense of reality and this week we have two more great Australian law firm redundancy stories.
First up:
Claytons Redundancies; The Redundancies You Have When There?s No Redundancies
August 11th, 2009
AFR legal affairs editor Alex Boxsell and deputy legal affairs editor Rachel Nickless, both excellent journalists, reported the following on 31/7: Clayton Utz and Freehills are now in an exclusive club of two – being the only large national law firms Clayton Utz “Chivas Regal” yet to introduce formal redundancy programs following the announcement this week of Mallesons? voluntary….
And this particular favourite, which i’m sure has been used by many firms around the world. But unfortunately, in this case, it’s Australian firm Deacons who have been caught out
Leaked Email & Claim that Deacons Made Worker Redundant? Then Hired a Replacement
August 12th, 2009
Thanks to the ex-Deacons spy who gave us the following email. The Firm Spy wishes you the very best of luck reintegrating into the workforce. I was one of the numerous staff that were made redundant by Deacons at the end of November 2008. I was employed as an IT Trainer in Deacons? Sydney office for nearly […]
