Law is not just about climbing the greasy pole and kow-towing to superiors. There is some fun to be had along the way (for some at least). So who are winners and losers in the all in the all-important categories of biscuits, toilets and social shenanigans?
In the biscuit category Mallesons and Gilbert + Tobin should pat themselves on the back, after jointly topping the chart with cracking scores of 83%. At the other end of the scale, Corrs Chambers Westgarth must be offering up some pretty vile cookies to deserve its bottom of the table 27% score. Respondents complained that "catering has been outsourced and it's disgusting" and when it comes to biscuits "staff have come to expect a raw deal". DLA Phillips Fox also did poorly with 36%, "The chocolate biscuits only on a Friday was implemented during GFC but is still on!" exclaimed one horrified staffer.
Lord of the lavatories this year was Fox Tucker, which scored 85%, where presumably staff are fanned and fed peeled grapes every time they answer the call of nature. At the other end of the table, DLA Phillips Fox's 32% suggests the firm has some pretty frightening facilities. Honourable mentions go to Clayton Utz (67%) where "the toilets are designed to specifically show up skid marks ... never makes for a great experience" and Allen Arthur Robinson (75%) which apparently has "great toilets, perfect for snorting cocaine in."
To the parties and the staff at Fox Tucker seem to have a frenzied social life. With a very impressive 95%, the firm was lavished with praise for the "great buzz" with one lawyer getting a little over-excited: "Fox Tucker rocks - watch this space". Mills Oakley - "where karaoke is enforced upon staff" - also fared well (perhaps surprisingly). The staff parties are "brilliant", the "partners buy rounds of shots for the staff" and everyone "loves to get a little loose at firm functions".
But it's all a bit grim at DLA Fox Phillips (again), which scored a woeful 25% for its social scene. And Corrs Chambers Westgarth did little better managing only 35%. The firm was picked out again and again for its penny pinching ways - "every pound is a prisoner".
A full list of all the winners and losers can be found here.
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In the biscuit category Mallesons and Gilbert + Tobin should pat themselves on the back, after jointly topping the chart with cracking scores of 83%. At the other end of the scale, Corrs Chambers Westgarth must be offering up some pretty vile cookies to deserve its bottom of the table 27% score. Respondents complained that "catering has been outsourced and it's disgusting" and when it comes to biscuits "staff have come to expect a raw deal". DLA Phillips Fox also did poorly with 36%, "The chocolate biscuits only on a Friday was implemented during GFC but is still on!" exclaimed one horrified staffer.
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Meeting room biscuits at DLA Phillips Fox yesterday |
Lord of the lavatories this year was Fox Tucker, which scored 85%, where presumably staff are fanned and fed peeled grapes every time they answer the call of nature. At the other end of the table, DLA Phillips Fox's 32% suggests the firm has some pretty frightening facilities. Honourable mentions go to Clayton Utz (67%) where "the toilets are designed to specifically show up skid marks ... never makes for a great experience" and Allen Arthur Robinson (75%) which apparently has "great toilets, perfect for snorting cocaine in."
To the parties and the staff at Fox Tucker seem to have a frenzied social life. With a very impressive 95%, the firm was lavished with praise for the "great buzz" with one lawyer getting a little over-excited: "Fox Tucker rocks - watch this space". Mills Oakley - "where karaoke is enforced upon staff" - also fared well (perhaps surprisingly). The staff parties are "brilliant", the "partners buy rounds of shots for the staff" and everyone "loves to get a little loose at firm functions".
But it's all a bit grim at DLA Fox Phillips (again), which scored a woeful 25% for its social scene. And Corrs Chambers Westgarth did little better managing only 35%. The firm was picked out again and again for its penny pinching ways - "every pound is a prisoner".
| Winners |
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| Biscuits |
Toilets |
Social |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mallesons |
Fox Tucker | Fox Tucker |
| 1= |
Gilbert + Tobin | ||
| 2 |
|
Mallesons | Mills Oakley |
| 3 |
Clayton Utz |
Gilbert + Tobin | Allens Arthur Robinson |
| 4 |
Fox Tucker |
Blake Dawson |
Freehills |
| 5 | Freehills | Allens Arthur Robinson |
Mallesons |
| Losers |
|||
| Biscuits |
Toilets |
Social |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 |
Blake Dawson | Clayton Utz |
Minter Ellison |
| 8 |
Mills Oakley | Freehills |
Blake Dawson |
| 9 |
Minter Ellison |
Corrs Chambers Westgarth | Clayton Utz |
| 10 |
DLA Phillips Fox | Minter Ellison |
Corrs Chambers Westgarth |
| 11 |
Corrs Chambers Westgarth | DLA Phillips Fox | DLA Fox Phillips |
A full list of all the winners and losers can be found here.