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Sticking it to Minter Ellison; Xmas in July Morale Mission Falls Flat
Posted by The Spy | Posted in Firm Gossip, Minter Ellison | Posted on 8.00am
Our friends inside Minter Ellison have repeatedly told us in recent weeks that quality lawyers are departing the firm in unprecedented numbers. Preliminary results on the FIrm Spy Remuneration Survey (please continue the great work with the survey by clicking here) suggest to us that the financial incentive to stay certainly isn’t overwhelming.
So it should not have come as a surprise that the firm decided to do something to try to lift morale, and this appears to have taken shape with a sticky firm bash! A few weeks ago we received the following comments from an anonymous Minters spy:
The big wigs at Minters last week decided we should hold an end of financial year party… at the Park Hyatt.
Geee - can’t wait for the party pies and sausage rolls!
The lavish party was apparently held last week, with another anonymous Minter Ellison spy sending us the following summary of events:
I thought it was inappropriate for [Minter Ellison Chief Executive Partner] John Weber to use his speech at our Christmas-in-July firm function to talk about “fiscal uncertainty”. It appeared to me that John was using the speech as an underhanded means to justify the disgraceful pay-rises that staff have received. In my mind, his speech converted a mediocre firm function into an event that gave staff more reason to be anxious about the direction of the firm. Not much of a celebration John!
But while John’s speech might have been a bit of a low point, the choice of DJ/MC for the event appears to have been a major hit with those in attendance. We received the following comments from another anonymous Minter Ellison spy:
How far has former radio personality Stick Mareebo fallen? He has gone from hosting a nationally-broadcast radio program, to MC-ing a Minter Ellison EOFY party! And not very well, I might add.
Indeed, it appears Stick Mareebo is available for corporate functions! But is he the right man to lift staff morale out of the gutter?
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Oh look, the work ain’t bad at Minters…its just the clowns you have to work with. A sole VIP table for Mark Green and his harem of HR ladies at the ball? What a freakin joke. Even the other partners couldn’t believe it.
It really is amazing to think how much those dickheads reckon they can pull the wool over everyone’s eyes with 1980s corporate management speak. We ain’t stupid, and if it smells like bullshit it probably is.
Unfortunately, this decaying enterprise is propped up by the never ending supply of freshed faced graduates wanting to be “top tier lawyers”. Kids, Having worked there a number of years I say DON’T go to Minters if you can avoid working for the current crop of partners. It is going the way of Clutz fast, only difference is its managed to avoid the media publicity.
HOT OFF THE PRESS
Minter Ellison once again have arranged for young Lawyers to ‘resign’ before the new influx of graduates and summer clerks….Yes the frenzy continues….BUT if you want to stay at Minters all you need to do is xxxxxxx with one of the Partners or Senior associates from the finance group at the Xmas in July party ….