After a very long hiatus, we received some welcome comments from an anonymous Middletons spy over the weekend:

Managing Partner at Middletons must have misspoke in a recent ALB article:

Nick said that, despite a downturn in business over the past 12-18 months, the firm did not institute any measures such as salary or hiring freezes 

Nick seems to think that the firm didn’t make any hiring or salary freezes. That’s going to come as a bit of a shock to the firm’s lawyers and SAs, who haven’t seen any movement in their pay for a long time (even if they got a promotion in 2009/2010).

The salary freeze was discussed at length by Nick in other contexts so it’s hard to understand why he’s forgotten about it now.

Yes, this does seem odd, particularly when considering the “careers” page of the Middletons website which asks potential applicants:

Are you a straight talker? Middletons is a national commercial law firm whose lawyers pride themselves on their straight talking approach…

Is your boss a straight talker?

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