TCLA Vacation Scheme Applications Discussion Thread 2023-24

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I actually do not know how it works at other firms, I have friends who were allowed to do other schemes and others who could not (from other firms), however Goodwin did not let me yes. I think it is understandable and I was fine with it because I like the firm so much but it is something to take into account.
I'm trying to understand the reasoning for it. Is it to prove your loyalty? I can't help but think that if a trainee's development and commercial training was as important as firms make it out to be, then attending additional VSs would be encouraged. I'm very keen to apply to Goodwin, so this isn't to criticise their policy, but I do find it a little odd.
 
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I actually do not know how it works at other firms, I have friends who were allowed to do other schemes and others who could not (from other firms), however Goodwin did not let me yes. I think it is understandable and I was fine with it because I like the firm so much but it is something to take into account.
There is surely no way of enforcing this?
 
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I'm trying to understand the reasoning for it. Is it to prove your loyalty? I can't help but think that if a trainee's development and commercial training was as important as firms make it out to be, then attending additional VSs would be encouraged. I'm very keen to apply to Goodwin, so this isn't to criticise their policy, but I do find it a little odd.
They are about to invest tens of thousands of pounds into your training and that’s before you have even joined the firm. They don’t want to risk spending that money and then you deciding to go and work for another firm you prefer because you have done a vacation scheme with them.
 

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There is surely no way of enforcing this?
There would be nothing to stop them from potentially retracting the offer if they found out you’d breached a term in that offer.

Considering a trainee would need to complete onboarding processes and provide all their previous employment, its not completely unfeasible for the firm to find out you did a vacation scheme with a firm when your TC offer stated you couldn’t, even if you kept it quiet at the point of doing the vacation scheme.

Whether firms would do this is a completely different matter though.
 
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