In the aftermath of a pay-freeze which the Freehills partnership has confirmed will last well into the future, and following Corrs’ ‘innovative’ measures to avoid paying excess dollars to underutilised graduates, the two firms have
Teach for Australia takes graduates and gives them accelerated training to teach in public secondary schools for two years.
The scheme is supported by both Freehills and Corrs, as well as Boston Consulting Group, and while the finer points of the partnership are unclear, it appears that graduates in these three firms will be able to participate in the scheme without fear of losing their graduate position once the two-year term concludes.
Not taken in by this apparently charitable act, a Freehills spy suggests that this is nothing more than:
a veiled attempt by the partnership to hedge their bets going forward… A couple in each intake of graduates will no doubt volunteer to teach and the partners will retain a discretion to permit them to do so, giving them an ability to hedge their bets at a time when no one knows what the future holds.
Do you think that Corrs, Freehills and BCG’s ‘partnership’ with Teach For Australia is simply a ruse to hedge their bets for graduate numbers into the future?
Send us your comments and news!
Loading...
bad news. no similar plans here (Deacons) as far as I can tell, but weve been hit in other ways..
I would have thought that even if the intentions are as maligned as you suggest, the fact that children in underprivileged schools will benefit is enough for this to be overlooked by the Firm Spy.
CLassic pointscore by the firms here
I think this scheme is a great idea and this will have a positive impact on the beleaguered education system.
Any word on whether there will be a wider requirement on employers losing staff to the scheme to keep open jobs for when the ‘teachers’ want to return to law firms etc (assuming they want to)?
Does this mean i can get out of this office and actually do something worthwhile?
Maybe middletons should sign up rather than basically stopping all recruitment…