If any of those orange-shirts are worth a damn then they'll find other jobs; if not then they should probably do something that's a better fit than being a liar.
The "stupid" parts you reference are a function of the individualistic nature of the US. our "common sense" disagrees with yours in this regard because we have different assumptions about the nature independence vs. interdependence.
Your assumptions aren't right and the other guy's stupid; they are just different.
If losing 14 lawyers in one firm doesn't mean that there's that much more work to go-around then these people were, indeed, redundant.
Most likely, though, they are doing jobs that are easily replaced with low-cost new-law-grads; they just needed any-old reason to nix the over-paid employees.
Umm......where did it say that the employees that were fired were lawyers?
Reading comprehension fail.
The "stupid" parts you reference are a function of the individualistic nature of the US. our "common sense" disagrees with yours in this regard because we have different assumptions about the nature independence vs. interdependence.
Your assumptions aren't right and the other guy's stupid; they are just different.
Hindsight is always 20/20, right?
Besides, "lets say we're protesting" is a pretty random thought for people dressing the same for some after work boozing
What's retarded is limiting the right of an employer when it comes to firing people for any non-bigotry-based reason.
The economic problems caused by not having at-will employment lead to greater unemployment. See France which has worse unemployment during the good times AND worse unemployment during the bad times.
France hasn't seen sub 8% unemployment for over two decades while over the same time period the US has only ever seen 8% unemployment in the last 3 years.
So we trade stupid-shit like this happening for about 5% less unemployment.
I say screw the orange-shirters.
Bwahahahahaha!!In our system people that are awesome do better and people that lolly-gag about do poorly.
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As someone who worked as a file clerk at a law firm, the dress code only applies to the partners, the lawyers and the receptionists. If you're an underling, the general idea is that you probably won't come in contact with any clients, let alone the general public, so if you want to wear a polo shirt and jeans, more power to you.
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As per the article they should have just said they were protesting since that is what their management thought anyways, but would have lead to large payouts instead.
The kid believes that anything that works differently from how they do things in the UK is inherently wrong.
As someone who worked as a file clerk at a law firm, the dress code only applies to the partners, the lawyers and the receptionists. If you're an underling, the general idea is that you probably won't come in contact with any clients, let alone the general public, so if you want to wear a polo shirt and jeans, more power to you. It is absurd that these people were fired for wearing a single color, mainly because management apparently thought that orange was synonymous with "we are protesting" and not "any fucking thing else you fucking stupid fucks." I mean, Jesus God, I've worked at places where management came to work in yellow and green because the Ducks were in a bowl game, but the state color of Florida is apparently unacceptable for a Florida law office? The law firm is going to be completely boned with all the negative press it receives from this, and that's way more important than stopping some presumed protest. And why did they immediately jump to protest? Are the working conditions really that shitty? Does management spend all day thinking "OK, today is when these savages finally say 'ENOUGH' and we've got to be ready, dammit!" All things considered, it sounds like every single person in management needs to be punched in the face repeatedly for the next 1600 consecutive billable hours until they realize just how boneheaded this entire gesture comes across as.
Maybe I'm just bitter cause I had to work with lawyers.
I actually interviewed with a number of big time law firms in Atlanta and every one of them would of required a long sleeve dress shirt and tie every day.
Germany has even more restrictive labour policies (unions get board representation and it's impossible to fire people) and they have lower unemployment, you don't know what you're talking about.
So does anybody know what glaring details this article failed to promote? I absolutely refuse to believe a law firm fired 14 employees just because it thought they may be protesting management but weren't. Makes no sense whatsoever. Rage not found until rest of details given.