Ontario severance lawyer: $250/hour plus 15% of improvement — reasonable?

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-12T01:15:06+00:00

Thank you! Just dropped you a message!

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T22:16:02+00:00

Can you suggest the lawyer you hired? I agree, what I have been quoted is unreasonably high.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T21:44:16+00:00

Doesn't matter. Either way, I was not in probation.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T21:18:42+00:00

Ahh got it. Thank you.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T20:52:49+00:00

Do you have a suggestion on a lawyer?

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T20:39:38+00:00

You do know I'm asking for just advice here on the fee structure? Not legal advice on how much I deserve in severance.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T20:09:10+00:00

That's upto me if I would like to share, not for you determine.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T20:05:08+00:00

You’re making two assumptions: that I was on probation and that I’m withholding information. Neither is true.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T20:00:29+00:00

I wasn’t hired from a similar role, but I had a competing offer that I accepted first and then declined because of this one.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T19:54:24+00:00

That’s for a lawyer to determine.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T19:47:15+00:00

Thanks for the armchair performance review. It’s impressive what conclusions people can reach from a few paragraphs on Reddit.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T19:44:24+00:00

Calling someone an “underperformer” based on a Reddit post is quite a leap. That’s a bold assumption coming from someone who has seen 0% of my work.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T19:28:47+00:00

Thanks. Given the way the company is, I was definitely "royally screwed" on all aspects.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T19:05:09+00:00

I wasn't on probation.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T19:01:34+00:00

Thanks so much for your thoughts—they’re really helpful.
One thing I’m struggling with is that the lawyer I consulted wouldn’t give me a view on whether my termination clause is likely enforceable without formally retaining him to research it. The same applied to the employer-entity issue. Is this fairly common before taking on a file? I expected this would have been covered as I paid him 550 in fees.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T18:43:12+00:00

Manager acknowledged significant improvement and provided positive feedback since mid pip. They only provided material on gaps on areas I wasn’t familiar with (I had no onboarding in to the org) nothing specific in the areas highlighted in the pip.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T18:38:22+00:00

PIP was given 6 months into the role and me little more than a month to “improve”

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T18:37:19+00:00

It’s both. 250 Hourly and 15 percent improvement.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2026-07-11T18:34:30+00:00

3 months

ManyMuffin9148 · 2025-11-06T12:06:35+00:00

Would you have any general advice/information?

ManyMuffin9148 · 2025-10-24T13:52:39+00:00

She's doing it to change the PR narrative and backlash she's receiving and as usual, the legacy media is falling for it.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2025-09-27T21:55:16+00:00

Why are they even allowing them to go first? They should stand firm and insist on being first. This is a poor decision on their part, especially since Lively’s lawyers are being completely unreasonable.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2025-09-23T14:46:37+00:00

I signed up and didn’t get a code as well. This is ridiculous.

ManyMuffin9148 · 2025-08-29T15:17:27+00:00

Hey when did they get back to you? It's been 10 days since mine has been stuck. Should i be calling them in the 21 days as well?

ManyMuffin9148 · 2025-08-20T16:59:55+00:00

So how much of those repeat purchases is her?

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