A member of the grad rec team at Trowers & Hamlins has apparently told an LPC graduate not to bother applying for a training contract, before admitting that she was drunk.
The hapless grad telephoned various firms before Christmas to ask whether they had training contracts available. When he got through to Trowers he says he was told that the Graduate Manager was on holiday but that his assistant could help. The grad says "I had the strangest conversation where she told me it probably wasn't worth me applying (apparently AAB and a 2:1 from Durham doesn't cut it) and the call ended with her saying 'sorry, I'm a bit drunk'".
Trowers was confirmed last week as the recipient of 2015's Golden Turd, with one partner wondering whether the reason the windows don't open is "to stop one ending it all". But are things really so bad that the workforce can only get by if they're half cut?
A spokeswoman for the firm declined to comment.
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The hapless grad telephoned various firms before Christmas to ask whether they had training contracts available. When he got through to Trowers he says he was told that the Graduate Manager was on holiday but that his assistant could help. The grad says "I had the strangest conversation where she told me it probably wasn't worth me applying (apparently AAB and a 2:1 from Durham doesn't cut it) and the call ended with her saying 'sorry, I'm a bit drunk'".
A Trowers grad rec manager relaxing at work yesterday |
Trowers was confirmed last week as the recipient of 2015's Golden Turd, with one partner wondering whether the reason the windows don't open is "to stop one ending it all". But are things really so bad that the workforce can only get by if they're half cut?
A spokeswoman for the firm declined to comment.
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"to ask whether they had any" - they're not flowers off a market stall.
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But how can a grad rec manager at an international law firm deal with an enquiry when she's pissed? And admit to it? Can you imagine this happening at a proper firm?
Sour grapes my arse. Trowers is a joke, the grad is well out of it.