Hundreds of responses have flooded in for the Aussie Firm of the Year Survey. If you’ve not filled it in yet, then you’ve only one week left until it closes so make sure it’s at the top of your priority list.
So what’s the story so far? Well A&O trainees aren’t complaining: “Salary is the highest amongst graduates in Perth”, but further down the line “the chances of making partner are extremely low for internal lawyers (the Perth office has never internally promoted a partner)”. But no one, it seems, is as happy as one Gilbert + Tobin associate who has “a 60 inch TV with Foxtel subscription outside my office, so can stay up to date with the Ashes”.
There are decent pay prospects too for Ashurst lawyers where a “concerted effort was made to give as many people as possible pay increases this year, even if they were relatively modest”. But the décor could do with some work, as one lawyer explains “it looks like something out of the 90s”. The PowerPoint presentations have also come under fire for looking "like a rainbow threw up”, and some new office stationery may be on order: “as for the files - which colour blind fool chose that hideous baby poo colour?”.
In contrast Herbies have a nice “swanky new Sydney office” and lawyers praise the biscuits on offer from their “talented in-house pastry chef”. But the firm’s pay freezes have come under attack on the basis that “every team other than corporate has been offensively busy” and labelled “a joke”.
Life at Maddocks seems pretty good. There are a few grumbles about the “mid-range” pay, but the firm “more than makes up for it by being a pleasant, enjoyable workplace”. Indeed the firm is in the running overall for Aussie Firm of the Year. Lawyers swoon over their “genuinely friendly colleagues” and boast about actually having a work/life balance. One lawyer claims “You can have your say from the mail-room through to Managing Partner, and people will listen”.
Have your say on your firm right here.
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So what’s the story so far? Well A&O trainees aren’t complaining: “Salary is the highest amongst graduates in Perth”, but further down the line “the chances of making partner are extremely low for internal lawyers (the Perth office has never internally promoted a partner)”. But no one, it seems, is as happy as one Gilbert + Tobin associate who has “a 60 inch TV with Foxtel subscription outside my office, so can stay up to date with the Ashes”.
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There are decent pay prospects too for Ashurst lawyers where a “concerted effort was made to give as many people as possible pay increases this year, even if they were relatively modest”. But the décor could do with some work, as one lawyer explains “it looks like something out of the 90s”. The PowerPoint presentations have also come under fire for looking "like a rainbow threw up”, and some new office stationery may be on order: “as for the files - which colour blind fool chose that hideous baby poo colour?”.
In contrast Herbies have a nice “swanky new Sydney office” and lawyers praise the biscuits on offer from their “talented in-house pastry chef”. But the firm’s pay freezes have come under attack on the basis that “every team other than corporate has been offensively busy” and labelled “a joke”.
Life at Maddocks seems pretty good. There are a few grumbles about the “mid-range” pay, but the firm “more than makes up for it by being a pleasant, enjoyable workplace”. Indeed the firm is in the running overall for Aussie Firm of the Year. Lawyers swoon over their “genuinely friendly colleagues” and boast about actually having a work/life balance. One lawyer claims “You can have your say from the mail-room through to Managing Partner, and people will listen”.
Have your say on your firm right here.