Salary at Herbert Smith Freehills

Pay is top-level for graduates in Perth. No bonuses for graduates.

My pay is competitive with market salaries.

Bonuses are not available at Graduate level, and tend to be pretty low in the legal industry anyway.

Compared with other firms, HSF compensates their graduates incredibly well.

I'm very satisfied with the salary and feel privileged, but I think the salary increase from being a graduate to when you get admitted could be a bit better, considering that change can basically mean a significant increase in the hours we are required to work (as opposed to being under LSA requirements).

The pay is below market, but the billable hour targets are the highest in the market (7.5 billable hours per day).

Competitive, especially as a graduate lawyer, however you can't get bonuses as a graduate.

On par with other top tier firms.

Due to the economy, it has been a bit meh.

Pay is 'at-market', but in truth should be at the top of the market (particularly accounting for hours worked).

The pay is very good. We got a bonus for being admitted into the legal profession. And all the grads are in lock-step so that there is no feeling of competition or stress to do well during the rotations. Only once we have settled into where we want to go does the pay become unlocked and we can earn pay rises.

Starting graduate salary is pretty good.

I think the pay is pretty good, though it is not market leading. Given the cost-of-living crisis, I would certainly like to see it higher. I am not sure what the bonus situation looks like.

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Remuneration is benchmarked; bonuses elusive but given to the deserving.

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Pay is reasonable for the amount of hours spent in the office. There is not a lot of transparency around how pay and bonuses are determined.

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Ubers, firm meals, wellness/wfh equipment fund

All of the above

We get various allowances in lieu of free gym access. Otherwise, I am not fully across the firm's perks.

We have a generous parental leave policy, free firm dinners in the office

All of the expense funds we get access to. For example, we have a physical fund, a wellbeing fund and I used that for gym membership that was discounted because of HSF's partnership with them.

We have great perks such as after-hours meals and Ubers, but insurance could have been a great addition, especially considering that many of the employees in our company are international and not entitled to Medicare, and must incur those expenses themselves.

Firm lunch every Thursday, Fridays off to complete PLT. So much free food.

Pretty good, we get a health and wellbeing allowance, a WFH allowance, uber expenses, after hours meals

Ubers home after hours, generous annual health and wellbeing budget, in-house kitchen for dinners if you are working late. Firm-wide lunch every Thursday.

Generous firm lunches - tends to be an office lunch once a fortnight. Ubers home for work after 7pm. WFH and wellbeing allowances.

Ubers are firm paid after 7, and meals after 8. There is also a lot of benefits which the firm is proud of and displays in an annual 'firm expo'.

Whole office lunches once a week. Uber rides post 7pm. Free meals post 6:30pm. Internal Cafe in the office and young professional networks that host events post in the office and out of the office.

Weekly firm lunch is a popular one. Their paid parental leave policy is very generous and highly valued.

We get a small sum for wholistic wellbeing and health care each year. Ubers are available on a reimbursement basis if you work past 7pm. Paternity leave is market now.

Dinner and taxis make a big difference with the long hours.

Taxis and dinner after 7pm, after-hours meals, money for work-related transport, celebratory dinners/afternoon teas etc.

Free tickets to the Art Gallery; free registration fees in inter-company sporting activities;

Free lunches a few times a month.

Taxis home if working late (even if working late is for non-billable work), dinners provided if working late, lunch provided for all fee earners once a week. Occasional tickets for a small number of employees where the firm sponsors other organisations, e.g. tickets to ballet dress rehearsal or to the Art Gallery of NSW.

free Wednesday lunch, free tickets to interesting events, taxis home.