Comments on: Freshfields records 84% trainee retention rate https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/ Legal news, insider insight and careers advice Sat, 03 Feb 2024 21:59:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6 By: Willy from Warwick https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/#comment-1185534 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 21:59:23 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=200652#comment-1185534 In reply to Get back to your Tort revision.

Are you a rainmaker yourself Warwick graduate?

]]> By: Anon https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/#comment-1185369 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:12:06 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=200652#comment-1185369 In reply to Sorry no.

Not enough roles and too many people going for popular teams. Only going to get worse with the increase in intake size. Trainee population is increasing while teams are still taking the same number of or less NQs than they always have.

]]> By: Sorry no https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/#comment-1185359 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:19:03 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=200652#comment-1185359 In reply to FBD Trainee.

Any obvious reason why? Visibly not as good as the others?

]]> By: FBD Trainee https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/#comment-1185343 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:58:46 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=200652#comment-1185343 In reply to Anon.

The people who left were not offered roles.

]]> By: Get back to your Tort revision https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/#comment-1185296 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 02:48:24 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=200652#comment-1185296 In reply to Anon.

More offices is a rubbish metric to compare success in a market. A&O Shearman merger is a laughable example – all the Shearman NY rainmakers left post-merger.

]]> By: Anon https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/#comment-1185294 Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:43:14 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=200652#comment-1185294 In reply to Anon.

How do you know they couldn’t find roles? Likely they chose to leave.

]]> By: Sorry no https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/#comment-1185283 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:31:28 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=200652#comment-1185283 In reply to Anon.

CC has more offices but they don’t have a stronger presence. The A

]]> By: Lol https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/#comment-1185281 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 19:06:50 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=200652#comment-1185281 There’s always one negative lol

]]> By: Anon https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/#comment-1185272 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 16:51:56 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=200652#comment-1185272 In reply to Joe.

Hello Freshfields HR hahaha!

Not sure you can say Freshies by far the most successful in the US when CC has more offices and obviously the A&O Shearman merger now. Fair enough to say Links and Slaughters falling behind though.

]]> By: Anon https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/#comment-1185264 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:48:33 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=200652#comment-1185264 Bit concerning they couldn’t find roles for 5 trainees if they are now increasing their trainee intake size to 50.

]]> By: Joe https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/#comment-1185260 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 13:59:54 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=200652#comment-1185260 Freshfields really is pulling away from the rest of the MC at the moment. By far the most successful in the US. This excellent retention rate comes as no surprise to me; it must be a truly fantastic place to be right now.

]]> By: D https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/#comment-1185244 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:41:47 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=200652#comment-1185244 Decent fresh pay good whack too

]]> By: Anon https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/01/freshfields-records-84-trainee-retention-rate/#comment-1185242 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:30:59 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=200652#comment-1185242 Pretty good, considering market.

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