It’s true at law firms, at least around my area. My friend, who worked me at my last employer, was let go in January. It had been coming for some time. The employer no longer has secretaries assigned to 2 or 3 attorneys. It has what amounts to a steno pool or word processing department. The attorneys just don’t need that kind of dedicated attention anymore.
Fortunately, for my friend, she is very tech savvy. She managed to secure an IT job. I’m not that sophisticated. I can turn on a computer and type. That’s about it. :)
You know how to turn on the computer? Boy, you're a whiz. I type like crazy, but nothing ever shows up on the screen because my wife hasn't turned it on for me.
Who knows, something might turn up.