Attempts by one of Northern Ireland's top firms to encourage trainees to eat healthily and to avoid criticising clients online has gone down like a battered Mars bar.
An insider reports that the Belfast office of Arthur Cox instructed trainees to "watch what they ate" and to delete all their social media accounts. The source told RollOnFriday, "Clearly they want slim folks with no mates".
A spokeswoman denied to RollOnFriday that the trainees had been told to watch what they eat. However she conceded that they had been reminded about "the benefits of good nutrition as part of their wellbeing" which sounds suspiciously like pretty much jolly nearly much the same thing. She also said the firm "did not and would not" order trainees to delete their social media accounts but had merely been told not to mention clients, or anything that could identify them, online.
It's not the first instance of crossed wires at Arthur Cox. Last year an insider told RollOnFriday the partners had built six indoor putting greens during a pay freeze, which the firm denied, pointing out that there was no freeze and it was all just for charity anyway. So, just to be clear: fatty snacks and responsible social media use are OK, but tweeting a client stuffing cake in his gob is not.
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An insider reports that the Belfast office of Arthur Cox instructed trainees to "watch what they ate" and to delete all their social media accounts. The source told RollOnFriday, "Clearly they want slim folks with no mates".
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A spokeswoman denied to RollOnFriday that the trainees had been told to watch what they eat. However she conceded that they had been reminded about "the benefits of good nutrition as part of their wellbeing" which sounds suspiciously like pretty much jolly nearly much the same thing. She also said the firm "did not and would not" order trainees to delete their social media accounts but had merely been told not to mention clients, or anything that could identify them, online.
It's not the first instance of crossed wires at Arthur Cox. Last year an insider told RollOnFriday the partners had built six indoor putting greens during a pay freeze, which the firm denied, pointing out that there was no freeze and it was all just for charity anyway. So, just to be clear: fatty snacks and responsible social media use are OK, but tweeting a client stuffing cake in his gob is not.