In the wake of the largest Australian law firm layoff, in which Blake Dawson sacked a total of 89 employees, the firm’s Wikipedia page has been defaced. A senior Blake Dawson Firm Spy has reported that:
‘ a vindictive ex-employee hoping to exact a measure of revenge on the firm has altered our page on Wikipedia; something we volunteered to author in order to supplement our firm advertising.’
The following comments appeared on the Wikipedia page:
‘The partnership of Blake Dawson, the sixth-biggest law firm by revenue in 2008, is considering cutting up to 100 staff in a bid to slash costs and preserve profit. Blake Dawson is the first top tier law firm in Australia to announce anticipated redundancies during the 2009 economic downturn. While other major law firms Allens Arthur Robinson and Freehills have assured staff that there will be no redundancies, partners of Blake Dawson announced on 24 February 2008 that they would sack up to 100 staff instead of reducing their individual profit share. The firm’s partners receive an average of $850,000 each per annum.’
A spokesperson has remarked hours after the alerteration to the Wikipedia Blake Dawson page, a firm-wide partnership communique was circulated. As a result of this communique, it was resolved not to re-edit the page out of fear that it would provoke an editing war. Nevertheless, mere hours later, the page was re-edited to its former state.
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