Comments on: ‘Unsupervised’ trainee awarded £36k after enduring training contract from hell https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/07/unsupervised-trainee-awarded-36k-after-enduring-training-contract-from-hell/ Legal news, insider insight and careers advice Thu, 11 Jul 2024 19:28:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6 By: Archibald O'Pomposity https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/07/unsupervised-trainee-awarded-36k-after-enduring-training-contract-from-hell/#comment-1195318 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 19:28:41 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206876#comment-1195318 In reply to Cv.

“And that’s why I prefer a firm with structured training even if the other firm they pays significantly better”

Did you receive any structured training in how to properly structure a sentence?

]]> By: NQ https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/07/unsupervised-trainee-awarded-36k-after-enduring-training-contract-from-hell/#comment-1195313 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:37:05 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206876#comment-1195313 Seems a bit too far but lots of responsibility is not uncommon. I was in my 2nd seat in finance (on my 2nd deal) when the associate I was working with had to sleep (they were traveling) and I got left alone to finish off closing that night.

Not a lot to do tbf (sigs and a few redlines / reviewing final docs) but did significantly increase blood pressure as I was on my jack jones.

]]> By: Lives in reality https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/07/unsupervised-trainee-awarded-36k-after-enduring-training-contract-from-hell/#comment-1195272 Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:54:31 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206876#comment-1195272 In reply to US doyen.

Complete rubbish

]]> By: Simpleton https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/07/unsupervised-trainee-awarded-36k-after-enduring-training-contract-from-hell/#comment-1195227 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:52:20 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206876#comment-1195227 In reply to Sink or swim?.

K&E, Goodwin and Paul Hastings.

]]> By: Cv https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/07/unsupervised-trainee-awarded-36k-after-enduring-training-contract-from-hell/#comment-1195220 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:29:35 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206876#comment-1195220 And that’s why I prefer a firm with structured training even if the other firm they pays significantly better

]]> By: Sink or swim? https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/07/unsupervised-trainee-awarded-36k-after-enduring-training-contract-from-hell/#comment-1195217 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:27:48 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206876#comment-1195217 Lool there’s probs a few satellite US firms like this ….

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/07/unsupervised-trainee-awarded-36k-after-enduring-training-contract-from-hell/#comment-1195215 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:22:40 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206876#comment-1195215 In my day, being screamed at down the phone was getting off lightly!

]]> By: Billy Big Boots https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/07/unsupervised-trainee-awarded-36k-after-enduring-training-contract-from-hell/#comment-1195211 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 13:35:02 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206876#comment-1195211 In reply to US doyen.

sure it does…

]]> By: US doyen https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/07/unsupervised-trainee-awarded-36k-after-enduring-training-contract-from-hell/#comment-1195209 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:58:34 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206876#comment-1195209 Not unheard of. It happens at US firms everyday, where unsupervised trainees are tasked to manage multi-billion pounds financing and M&A transactions.

]]> By: Legallycurious https://www.legalcheek.com/2024/07/unsupervised-trainee-awarded-36k-after-enduring-training-contract-from-hell/#comment-1195207 Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:17:54 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?p=206876#comment-1195207 Experience not completely unheard of. Most trainees don’t complain, grit their teeth and complete the TC.

Hopefully the SQE will mean such people feel able to leave firms like that more readily and continue their qualifying experience elsewhere

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