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Hours

• "Currently less than expected, but I assume this will increase in the near future. Currently averaging approximately 48 hours per week." -- First year trainee
• "40 – 45 hours per week. Less than expected." -- First year trainee
• "I generally get to work around 8 – 9am and leave at 7 – 8pm. The hours are not bad, although some weeks can be harder than others." -- Newly qualified solicitor
• "Very flexible with part-time work. There is the possibility to purchase additional holiday. I work 7 hours a day, but this increases for specific projects." -- Senior solicitor

• "At the moment less, because of the nature of the work I am doing. Also, I only just started my training contract. On average, around 40 – 45 hours a week." -- First year trainee
• "I probably work over 60 hours per week, but then I've voluntarily focused on M&A and other corporate areas that bring these hours with them. I did expect to work hard and long hours, and I'm not overly troubled by it." -- Second year trainee
• "I work a three-day week. I am in the office about 10 hours per day on each of my three days. My monthly billable hours are around 70." -- Senior solicitor

Salary

• "£70,000" -- Newly qualified solicitor
  "£100,000" -- Senior solicitor
  "£150,000" -- Senior solicitor
• "Trainee compensation is quite good, and the six-monthly jumps from £39 – 41 – 45 – 50 thousand certainly make a positive difference." -- Second year trainee
• "I feel I am well paid for what I do." -- Senior solicitor

• "The firm does not contribute to trainees’ pensions. Subsidised gym membership is at a local (but quite rubbish) gym." -- First year trainee
• "For a newly qualified it is very good." -- Newly qualified solicitor
• "We are very small teams and as such are working to full capacity, but we are not rewarded in accordance." -- Senior solicitor

Perks

• "Subsidised gym membership." -- First year trainee
• "Really good in-house catering! Dinners and taxis expensed post 9pm." -- First year trainee

• "Childcare vouchers are very useful." -- Newly qualified solicitor

Fun Facts

• "There is an old water tower structure which is a historically protected piece of architecture from the old building, which used to sit on 21 Tudor Street on the fifth floor." -- Newly qualified solicitor

• "One of the security guards is also Davina's body guard on Big Brother." -- First year trainee

Pluses

• "The training system and colleagues." -- First year trainee
• "Great work, good pay and reasonable hours." -- Newly qualified solicitor
• "The team I am working in is excellent." -- Senior solicitor

• "Own office, and can work for any department at any time." -- First year trainee
• "The people and the range of interesting work." -- Senior solicitor

Minuses

• "Sometimes feeling a little out of your depth with the work you are entrusted with." -- First year trainee
• "Lack of communication." -- Senior solicitor
• "No incentives." -- Senior solicitor
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• "No pension contributions. Bad gym offers compared to other law firms." -- First year trainee
• "Work can be unpredictable." -- Newly qualified solicitor
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