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Mallesons Blocks Facebook: Secretaries Devastated

29 May 2009

It had to happen sooner or later.  One anonymous tipster writes to the Firm Spy that: at mallesons not only did they get the pay freeze last week, but this week they've cut off access to facebook...

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Tony Holland “Ruthless” as DLA Phillips Fox Partnership Shrinks 30% Before Merger

21 March 2011

On 14 April 2010 we published the following allegation from an anonymous DLAPH spy: Tony Holland was enticed from his position as deputy chairman at MSJ in 2008 by DLA Dubai (and ex-MSJ) partners....

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PwC Spy Unleashes Fury at “Greedy” Partnership Indian Offshoring

10 May 2010

Following on from our recent stories profiling the attrition rate at Big4 accounting firms came these comments from an anonymous PWC spy over the weekend: As a PwC audit employee, I can vouch for ...

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Ernst & Young CA Policy; Fail & You Pay Us

12 November 2009

Pop the champagne corks - we finally received some inside goss from inside Ernst & Young! In response to our post earlier in the week profiling the ludicrous PWC CA policy, we received the following comments from an anonymous EY spy: I'd like to mention that Ernst & Young also has the same policy to PwC in terms of failing 2 CA subjects and you're out. But on top of that, if we fail a subject we owe E&Y $1k (per subject) for study assistance /time off etc. Can you believe it? We already work ridiculous hours to get through the piles of work AND we also have the added pressure of having to study and pass our CA subjects otherwise we could lose our jobs AND owe E&Y $1k! Theres really no such thing as "study assistance" because they're gonna get their moneys worth an...

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The Real Story: AAR Ditches “Robinson” Branding in Favour of Allens Linklaters “Alliance”

25 April 2012

When we awoke on Monday morning to see the leaked email sent by AAR CEP Michael Rose to the firm's staffers, we nearly spat our cornflakes over the computer screen. Seriously. How could AAR - a fir...

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Blake Dawson High Anxiety @ BHP Situation as 1st Years Lose on Pay

9 April 2010

On March 9 this year Blake Dawson announced on its website that partner David Williamson had been appointed Chief Legal Counsel at BHP. In that announcement, the following comments were made by inf...

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Blake Dawson Bleak Days; Staff on Notice that Sackings are Imminent

24 February 2009

In contrast to a plurality of domestic and foreign law firms that have quietly laid off employees, Blake Dawson has taken the unprecedented step today of revealing in a brief media release that u...

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Rumour: Blake Dawson Votes on Ashurst Merger, Merger to Proceed

31 August 2011

The Blake Dawson partnership met and voted on a proposal to merge with London Silver Circle firm Ashurst on 20 August and the proposal was approved, if our source is to be believed. The passage of ...

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Ex-Clutz are Ex-Mates: Clutz’s War on Mateship

27 October 2010

As if the firm's recent ban on 'mate' and other office colloquialisms wasn't bad enough, it seems that the firm is now 'pressuring' staff not to socialise with former employees.  Thanks to the ano...

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Redundant Macquarie Employee Advises Against The ‘Millionaire’s Factory’

18 September 2009

We reported a few weeks ago the news that several junior workers at Macquarie Bank had been made redundant. In response to that post, we received the following scathing comments from an anonymo...

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