In a Firm Spy exclusive, we yesterday revealed claims that Baker & McKenzie staff had been told recently that a pay

Bakers precedents wrote a book about their alleged ordeal

We can today reveal additional comments received from another Bakers spy:

there has been a reduction in the number of library staff here at Bakers - where there once was a Sydney manager and a Melbourne manager, there is now a single “national” manager. Futhermore, precedents staff have had their hours cut and the number of grads starting next year has halved. Funny that we have moved into this posh new office, yet the way things are going, there will be no one to fill all the offices!

The Firm Spy understands that the Melbourne office of Baker & McKenzie has recently relocated to 550 Bourke St (sharing with Deloitte), indicating that these comments come from a Victorian. What is more certain however, is that, if true, any reduction in precedents staff would not be a precedent.

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