5 hours ‘I haven’t seen sunlight in 3 months’: American law firm trainees in London endure 13-hour days for eye-watering six-figure starting salariesFortune

Law firm trainees need to be ready to take calls at odd hours, weekends, and while on vacation—but they mint up to £170,000 a year doing it.

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