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graduate recruitment Archive

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AAR’s Susan Ferrier & the ‘Critically Low’ AAR Lawyer Morale

4 February 2010

Last week we published a story in which we quoted AAR spokesperson Susan Ferrier as saying that there would not be an "exodus" of lawyer in 2010 because there are few job opportunities available. In response to that post, we received the following embittered comments from an anonymous AAR spy: Susan Ferrier has no idea. Lawyer morale at Allens is at a critical low, people will flood to Freehills who are keenly making the most of this opportunity already. Freehills has positioned itself as the least tight of the top tiers of late. You can’t expect to institute the pay freeze first, be the last to unfreeze, make everyone take annual leave over the christmas break with only half a day on Christmas Eve as bonus leave (Mallesons aren’t even this tight), reveal potential dramatic remu...

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Crocodile Dundee’s Plastic Surgery made possible by Ernst & Young?

23 June 2009

If you're like us here at the Firm Spy, and you're wondering to whom we can apportion blame for the disfigurement of iconic Australian actor Paul Hogan through plastic surgery, then it might be tim...

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AAR Voluntary Redundancies; Rumour Some Staff Were ‘Invited’ to Accept

29 June 2009

Earlier in the year, AAR announced a voluntary redundancy scheme. It was revealed over the weekend that some 100 AAR staff accepted the offer, from all areas of the firm. What was not reported w...

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How Much Do They Earn? Freehills Partner Salaries Exposed

9 December 2010

Over the last few months, the PR teams at a couple of major law firms have taken to emailing Firm Spy with various propaganda media releases ostensibly aimed at generating positive media sentiments...

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Family Farce; Spotlighting Corrs’ Parental & Flexible Work Policies

19 February 2011

One of the ways that firms on the threshold of "top-tier" status try to lure good quality laterals and graduates is through a point of difference. Be it pay, working hours, work benefits  or a mix...

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Unratcheted Derelicte; AAR Performance Pay is Really Really Good Looking

22 June 2010

In an excellent article, aptly entitled Fears over performance pay, the AFR (4/6) gave an overview of the apparent shift in international legal circles from lock-step remuneration, based on experie...

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EXCLUSIVE: PwC Pulls Jobs Trigger With Shock Graduate DeTerring Campaign

23 November 2011

What's the value of changing plans? It's a simple enough question. If plans are changed, what do you get out of it? Where is the value? It's a question several PwC grads asked themselves earlier th...

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I Can’t Believe it’s Not: A PwC Pay Freeze

13 May 2009

Whereas other corporate services firms, such as Minters, Freehills and Allens, have been forthright in announcing firm-wide pay-freezes, global accounting giant PwC has quietly gone about implement...

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Deal or No Deal? Andrew O’Keefe Asked to Move AAR Articled Clerk Admissions

2 January 2009

Disgraced host of Channel 7 game show 'Deal or No Deal', Andrew O'Keefe, is presently deliberating over whether to accept an invitation from a group of Allens Arthur Robinson Melbourne Articled Cle...

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“Opaque” Minter Ellison Billing Narrations Provoke Calls for Costing Change

22 October 2009

With a paradigm shift moving away from the billable unit in the offing, the following anonymous comments received from an anonymous Minter Ellison spy yesterday will no doubt add fuel to the fire: ... the vagaries of Minter Ellison billing narrations are probably a major part of what has provoked the corporate community to ask for wholesale changes to billing structures, such as fixed costs models. ... what on earth is "strategy advice"? Is it a "strategic" bathroom break in which a partner ponders how best to fudge his time sheet? These opaque narrations should be queried by corporate clients who should also demand a shift away from a model that allows partners to record seven-figure salaries with such ease... Do you have a favourite narration to get you out of a "low-billing" day...

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