As own goals go, the one SJ Berwin’s management scored when it unveiled its new bonus scheme is looking ever more spectacular. A memo compiled by assistants in response to the scheme – which has been leaked to Legal Week – highlights the anger and disillusionment that the new system has generated within the firm
In case your attention has been elsewhere, the controversy blew up when the firm proudly unveiled a new bonus scheme that offered assistants up to 75% of their salary. But only – and here’s the catch – if they billed 2,500 hours (see story).
