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City firms use short-term NQ contracts to inflate retention rates

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The Training Contract system is just awful. This is the tip of the iceberg. For example, I trained at one of the top 3 Nottingham law firms and it was a total shambles. A colleague only got an NQ job by sleeping with one of the partners. She then promptly told a girl she didn't like that she wouldn't get an NQ job (she promptly found another job before the end of her TC). Likewise another trainee accidentally let slip that she didn't have to interview because her Dad was an important client and had been guaranteed an NQ job before she had even visited the firm. It's no surprise that almost all the trainees (other than the one sleeping with the partner) had fled the firm six months after qualification. It puts offering a few NQ jobs into perspective!

Posted date

11-Mar-2013

Posted time

5:17 pm

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