Layoffs
So Many Ways to Say Goodbye, But Don’t Make an Angry Exit, Experts Advise
Posted Mar 5, 2009, 03:22 pm CST
By Martha Neil
To paraphrase the words of a popular song, there must be 50 ways to leave your law firm, and an ever-increasing list of law firm layoffs is offering many attorneys a chance to choose between them.
But sending an angry e-mail likely to spread your claims of mistreatment exponentially on the Internet is a good way to kiss future job prospects goodbye, reports the Associated Press.
The news agency selects, as an example of how not to do it, the e-mail sent last year by attorney Shinyung Oh, who was let go by the San Francisco office of Paul Hastings less than a week after suffering a miscarriage. (Details are provided below, in an earlier ABAJournal.com post.)
Instead, an e-mail that perhaps uses a bit of humor and says goodbye with no regrets is the best way to bid farewell to former colleagues, experts advise:
"At its simplest, the e-mail only needs to let friends and colleagues know you're leaving and how to reach you," the AP reports. "A goodbye handled properly can even help with the job search."
Related coverage:
ABAJournal.com: "Life After BigLaw: ‘No Job, No Baby and 10 Pounds of Leftover Fat’"
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