Haven't heard much on this side, wondering if there are any whispers on the grapevine
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@OP Everyone's talking about attorneys. What about the paralegals, & analyst for the matter?
@OP Comcast basically lets managers do whatever they want, even when it crosses legal lines or turns into retaliation. Nobody reins them in, so of course the lawsuits pile up. The company just waits and fights them after the damage is done. That's why they need an army of in-house lawyers, which is pretty ironic for a company that calls itself risk averse. For a company undertaking “the largest cost transformation in its history” this seems like an obvious place to start.
The corp and cable legal depts will be combined into one legal dept with one General Counsel (Tom Reid)
Both lawyers amd non-lawyers will lose jobs
Way too many of them and some of them extra sc-mmy. May karma hit the ones that deserve it.
@ad the whole AI push was so they didn’t have to use outside counsel as much. i don’t see them outsourcing that much
@ab Must agree, way too much in house counsel. I know it’s a large company but my goodness. But perhaps it’s needed. If not, GC will likely outsource some of that work by balancing the costs of salaries vs the costs of annual outside counsel. In house and government affairs are usually seen as cost centers instead of cost generators that can be outsourced, though it is good to have a trusted person in house to manage the relationship from vendors taking advantage. Either way, I’ve found that a lot of lawyers land quickly after layoffs. Smart bunch.
We have way too much in house counsel I've never seen a company with this many
@OP we are definitely sc--wed.
the VPs definitely know who they’re getting rid of. And yes it’s going to affect Legal.