Firm of the Year 2013 update: RPC praised for fish, chips and booze
07 December 2012
RollOnFriday Firm of the Year 2013 is gathering pace, with more than 2,000 readers providing the inside scoop on pay, career prospects and promotions at their firms. And on the crucial categories of biscuits, bogs and booze.
Early indications suggest that 2012's
Gold Turd awardee Dickinson Dees
is faring rather better this year, with staff praising salary increases
and an "
excellent office culture". One respondent gushed "
this is a bloody brilliant firm". But there's no pleasing some; one lawyer claimed "
Dickie Dees is going the same way as Betamax, small pox and the Stasi."
Ince & Co, last year's
Firm of the Year, is already putting in a strong showing garnering praise for friendly people and lawyers' ability to "
work on proper international work without becoming some sort of law troll that never leaves the office". But will it be enough to see off
RPC? The firm is pulling in some stellar scores with its "
Fish 'n Chip Fridays" and a boozy social scene, but it could be stymied by offices which apparently cram in lawyers "
like battery-chickens".
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Irwin Mitchell is doing rather less well, as morale seems to have been undermined by its "
exceptionally poor pay review" and "
major increases in billing targets". One gloomy respondent claimed working in McDonalds would be better.
Field Fisher Waterhouse has also come in for a pasting with reports of "
poisonous partners" and toilets clogged with "
unflushed detritus". Delightful.
There's still all to play for, the survey runs until the first week of
February so make sure you add your voice by clicking
here (or
here if
you're at an Australian firm). We're a bit light on responses from Herbert Smith, Simmons & Simmons, Bird & Bird and Taylor Wessing. If you work at one of those firms, then
let us know how you feel.