I Got Fired This Week Forum

[Npret]

How are you doing OP?

[Anonymous User]

How are you doing OP?

I'm fine! I have an interview coming up with a preferred federal agency on Thursday. I'm excited yet a little nervous.

[Wild Card]

I got fired from my V1 firm after my first year. Happened pretty frequently, and most of it appears as elective. Still got the bonus, was on the website as long as I needed, etc. Was a huge pain in the ass but landed on my feet (in my opinion, at least).

Good luck.

A bit confused. Does "V1" mean Cravath, or "V50," or "V100"?

The former.

Without outing yourself, did you do something seriously wrong?

My firm occasionally fires associates after just 1 year and 6 months. It's bad. I think they're given the talk at the 1 year, 3 months juncture, and then they're allowed to stay on the website for another 3 months.

[thelawyler]

I got fired from my V1 firm after my first year. Happened pretty frequently, and most of it appears as elective. Still got the bonus, was on the website as long as I needed, etc. Was a huge pain in the ass but landed on my feet (in my opinion, at least).

Good luck.

A bit confused. Does "V1" mean Cravath, or "V50," or "V100"?

The former.

Without outing yourself, did you do something seriously wrong?

My firm occasionally fires associates after just 1 year and 6 months. It's bad. I think they're given the talk at the 1 year, 3 months juncture, and then they're allowed to stay on the website for another 3 months.

Does your firm just do it based on personality / attitude or "major" fuck-ups (if a major fuck up happens all the time by junior associates at a firm, it sounds like a management and training problem)

[Npret]

How are you doing OP?

I'm fine! I have an interview coming up with a preferred federal agency on Thursday. I'm excited yet a little nervous.

Good luck!

[Anonymous User]

I got fired from my V1 firm after my first year. Happened pretty frequently, and most of it appears as elective. Still got the bonus, was on the website as long as I needed, etc. Was a huge pain in the ass but landed on my feet (in my opinion, at least).

Good luck.

A bit confused. Does "V1" mean Cravath, or "V50," or "V100"?

The former.

Without outing yourself, did you do something seriously wrong?

My firm occasionally fires associates after just 1 year and 6 months. It's bad. I think they're given the talk at the 1 year, 3 months juncture, and then they're allowed to stay on the website for another 3 months.

I wish that was the case at my v100. I’m a stub and seriously under the gun and have been informally asked to start looking before my first review without a major fuckup

[nealric]

I got fired from my V1 firm after my first year. Happened pretty frequently, and most of it appears as elective. Still got the bonus, was on the website as long as I needed, etc. Was a huge pain in the ass but landed on my feet (in my opinion, at least).

Good luck.

A bit confused. Does "V1" mean Cravath, or "V50," or "V100"?

The former.

Without outing yourself, did you do something seriously wrong?

My firm occasionally fires associates after just 1 year and 6 months. It's bad. I think they're given the talk at the 1 year, 3 months juncture, and then they're allowed to stay on the website for another 3 months.

I wish that was the case at my v100. I’m a stub and seriously under the gun and have been informally asked to start looking before my first review without a major fuckup

Probably not much consolation, but if this is the case, they likely over-hired and don't really have work for you. Especially if you summered there, it would be quite unusual for a firm to give up on someone that quickly unless there was a compelling economic reason.

[Saltnpeppa1]

I got fired from my V1 firm after my first year. Happened pretty frequently, and most of it appears as elective. Still got the bonus, was on the website as long as I needed, etc. Was a huge pain in the ass but landed on my feet (in my opinion, at least).

Good luck.

A bit confused. Does "V1" mean Cravath, or "V50," or "V100"?

The former.

Without outing yourself, did you do something seriously wrong?

My firm occasionally fires associates after just 1 year and 6 months. It's bad. I think they're given the talk at the 1 year, 3 months juncture, and then they're allowed to stay on the website for another 3 months.

I wish that was the case at my v100. I’m a stub and seriously under the gun and have been informally asked to start looking before my first review without a major fuckup

Probably not much consolation, but if this is the case, they likely over-hired and don't really have work for you. Especially if you summered there, it would be quite unusual for a firm to give up on someone that quickly unless there was a compelling economic reason.

Ya I would absolutely not take that personally. They definitely just over-hired and now are trying to scale back.

[esther0123]

I got fired from my V1 firm after my first year. Happened pretty frequently, and most of it appears as elective. Still got the bonus, was on the website as long as I needed, etc. Was a huge pain in the ass but landed on my feet (in my opinion, at least).

Good luck.

A bit confused. Does "V1" mean Cravath, or "V50," or "V100"?

The former.

weird flex

I meant that almost every firm is firing people all the time, including firms like my former firm that try to hide it from the associates. Many people come in thinking that they have 3-5 years before the pushing out begins and that's simply not the case.

What happened to have firing happen in such a short period of time? Was it litigation or corporate?