8/19/2008 1:50 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Can you say disgruntled employees jumping ship?
8/21/2008 11:18 PM
Bret Weir wrote:
That place is sinking like a big fat turd. More lawyers from FTL left this week. They spend money on stupid stuff like it's going out of style!!!!
8/21/2008 11:30 PM
Plasma wrote:
Not to mention the office of the conflict counsel - what's the deal with the plasma screen?
8/21/2008 11:51 PM
Dropping like flies wrote:
Their dropping like flies. I wouldn't go there if they paid big bucks.
8/22/2008 3:49 PM
Bobby Bridgestop wrote:
They will pay you big bucks, minus 12% of course!
8/22/2008 4:57 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Maybe that's why so many people are walking out the door?
8/22/2008 5:09 PM
Anonymous wrote:
That place blows! I'm so happy to be out of there!
8/22/2008 5:18 PM
D'Gimpsta wrote:
That Alan Becker is a real genius. His 12% pay cut plan worked like a charm. Now there is more Room at the Top since all the good lawyers left. Muah!
8/22/2008 5:24 PM
M.L. Newton wrote:
For a firm that markets itself as "Business and Legal Strategists," how is cutting lawyers' pay 12% a good business move? How many log cabins can be built with that 12%?
8/22/2008 5:27 PM
Lewis Krauss wrote:
I like the guys that figured it out and left all at once to start their new firm! I don't know if this is true, but I heard that all of the paralegals and secretaries went too. With all the good lawyers gone, all that's left now is a bunch of tired, worn-out bags.
8/22/2008 5:28 PM
John Diamond wrote:
I don't know why Mr. Becker keeps smiling in his photos. If even one half of what's in the article is true, I would have been gone years ago.
8/22/2008 5:30 PM
Martin Klimpl wrote:
WTF?? I am in the Prague office and no one told me about any damn pay cut!!! Holy smokes!
8/22/2008 5:31 PM
Jill Nordhaus wrote:
What are they going to do about getting new lawyers? I cannot believe that any decent lawyer would ever go there after all of this has come out. Their clients must be dying.
8/22/2008 5:34 PM
Baby Huey wrote:
WAAAAAAAHHHHH! I heard they're changing the name of the firm to "The Pecker Firm." Once a pecker, always a Pecker.
8/22/2008 5:39 PM
Eric Carson wrote:
It's really a shame. I remember when the firm of Becher & Poliakof was one of the hottest firms around. It seems to me that whatever they were doing then must have worked, because this Becher guy just took over management a few months ago and already made a disaster of the whole firm. Go figure.
8/22/2008 5:41 PM
The Baconator wrote:
I am being held captive on the prison ship in the middle of the South Pacific. HELP SOS!!!!!!
8/22/2008 5:43 PM
Martin Harvie wrote:
I read these articles about these guys and then I went to the Becker website. Can you believe that these yutzes would have the nerve to put their names as the firm's management?
8/22/2008 5:45 PM
Senor Roberto Pantalones De Bobo wrote:
Mucho mierda!!!!! No es bueno!
8/22/2008 5:46 PM
Cankles wrote:
This is the best place to work I don't know why anyone would leave. With mandatory stockings, my cankles stay hidden from sight!!!!
8/22/2008 5:47 PM
T Bell wrote:
This Becker guy has it all figured out. He must've taken finance at Wharton. Borrow money from all of your associates at 0% and pay it back with a kick in the pants.
8/22/2008 6:01 PM
L Pfieffer wrote:
Their theme song must be "Sargeant Beckkker's Lonely Heart's Club Band"
8/22/2008 6:17 PM
The Recruiter wrote:
I am a recruiter and just about every lawyer from that firm has a resume out and is looking for a job. Something must not be right over there.
8/22/2008 10:52 PM
Kung Fu Pan Da wrote:
Poliakoff recently resign as managing sharholder. Becker take over and mismanage firm, cut associate pay, wetroactively. No bonus fer yu. Dis firm in truble!
CAN YOU SAY DOWN SIZING?
Can you say disgruntled employees jumping ship?
That place is sinking like a big fat turd. More lawyers from FTL left this week. They spend money on stupid stuff like it's going out of style!!!!
Not to mention the office of the conflict counsel - what's the deal with the plasma screen?
Their dropping like flies. I wouldn't go there if they paid big bucks.
They will pay you big bucks, minus 12% of course!
Maybe that's why so many people are walking out the door?
That place blows! I'm so happy to be out of there!
That Alan Becker is a real genius. His 12% pay cut plan worked like a charm. Now there is more Room at the Top since all the good lawyers left. Muah!
For a firm that markets itself as "Business and Legal Strategists," how is cutting lawyers' pay 12% a good business move? How many log cabins can be built with that 12%?
I like the guys that figured it out and left all at once to start their new firm! I don't know if this is true, but I heard that all of the paralegals and secretaries went too. With all the good lawyers gone, all that's left now is a bunch of tired, worn-out bags.
I don't know why Mr. Becker keeps smiling in his photos. If even one half of what's in the article is true, I would have been gone years ago.
WTF?? I am in the Prague office and no one told me about any damn pay cut!!! Holy smokes!
What are they going to do about getting new lawyers? I cannot believe that any decent lawyer would ever go there after all of this has come out. Their clients must be dying.
WAAAAAAAHHHHH! I heard they're changing the name of the firm to "The Pecker Firm." Once a pecker, always a Pecker.
It's really a shame. I remember when the firm of Becher & Poliakof was one of the hottest firms around. It seems to me that whatever they were doing then must have worked, because this Becher guy just took over management a few months ago and already made a disaster of the whole firm. Go figure.
I am being held captive on the prison ship in the middle of the South Pacific. HELP SOS!!!!!!
Becker is a tool.
I read these articles about these guys and then I went to the Becker website. Can you believe that these yutzes would have the nerve to put their names as the firm's management?
Another one bites the dust.
Mucho mierda!!!!! No es bueno!
This is the best place to work I don't know why anyone would leave. With mandatory stockings, my cankles stay hidden from sight!!!!
This Becker guy has it all figured out. He must've taken finance at Wharton. Borrow money from all of your associates at 0% and pay it back with a kick in the pants.
New associates beware!!
It's better in the Bahamas hahaha suckers!!!! TEAM!
I hereby bestow 12% kudos!!
In exchange for a free 2nd Tuesday CLE luncheon, I will gladly repay you your 12% next Tuesday.
Where's the Bacon?!?!?!
New rules of the game!!!!
Their theme song must be "Sargeant Beckkker's Lonely Heart's Club Band"
I am a recruiter and just about every lawyer from that firm has a resume out and is looking for a job. Something must not be right over there.
Poliakoff recently resign as managing sharholder. Becker take over and mismanage firm, cut associate pay, wetroactively. No bonus fer yu. Dis firm in truble!