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MinterEllison

4.3
  • #5 in Law
  • 1,000 - 50,000 employees

Working Hours at MinterEllison

8.2
8.2 rating for Working Hours, based on 17 reviews
How flexible is your company when it comes to hours?
As a junior, the hours are not demanding. Senior lawyers may have a different experience. The company is very flexible with hours. Often you will see people leaving the office early to pick up kids/attend appointments or starting late after going to the gym or dropping kids off. Many people will take a break around lunch time to go to the gym or exercise. Staff are trusted to manage their time appropriately, and the hours are flexible as long as the work gets done.
Graduate, Perth
As a graduate, hours are very reasonable - teams are sufficiently resourced so long hours generally not necessary.
Graduate, Brisbane
Standard 8.30-5pm usually, with the rare late night on my own volition (all my colleagues check in and tell me to go home, but sometimes I'm just on a roll and want to finish). Very flexible, if I need to leave early, I can arrive early and if I have an appointment or arrive late, I can make up hours later. I love the flexibility and acknowledgement that we have lives outside the office. I do a lot of extra curriculars and advocacy work so I really appreciate the firm's support to allow me to pursue my other non-law interests
Graduate, Brisbane
Overall number of hours is alright, but it can be a bit inflexible at times - it can be challenging to fit in unavoidable 'life admin' tasks and appointments which can only be done during business hours. At least in the teams I have worked in, there does not seem to be any settled approach/ procedure for brief absences (say 1-2 hours). This is further impacted by the requirement to have 7 hours on each timesheet (which I understand the rationale behind, but in my view reinforces inflexible working arrangements).
Graduate, Brisbane
Again - variability depending on team. Some teams allow working from home more than others. I think the firm could benefit by adopting a more consistent approach across the whole cohort, rather than being team or partner dependent. I think generally, hours are reasonable, with there obviously being an expectation on busy days to exceed your hours and work late, but equally there being allowance on quieter days to relax a little and leave on time.
Graduate, Brisbane
I often work a little longer than ideal but I am usually happy to do so as the work I am doing is fulfilling. The team is relatively flexible with hours.
Graduate, Melbourne
Minters is flexible. Can go home and work if required.
Graduate, Melbourne
Very flexible. I am able to complete university and work with no difficulties.
Graduate, Adelaide
I usually coming in between 8 and 8:20 and leave at 5pm. Unless there was something that I was working on that needed to be sent out that day. I always feel as though I can leave at 5pm. This has been great as i can manage my time afterwork for exercise/uni very efficiently. Although I am expecting this to change when I start grad rotations (as I don't always get to 7 hrs on my InTapp timesheet - the new firm policy does not apply to paralegals).
Graduate, Perth
Very flexible with working hours and remote working provided work is completed on time.
Graduate, Brisbane
Work hours are very flexible, for instance I can flow very easily between home and the office at my discretion. While hours can be long, that is to be expected in the industry and MinterEllison does a great job of balancing this with available work from options
Graduate, Melbourne
My team is extremely flexible with hours, as well as WFH days.
Other (Please specify) - Summer Clerk/Casual Paralegal, Perth