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Our people are our greatest asset, so we make sure Burges Salmon is a great place to work. Our reward package helps our people to be the best they can be, inside and outside the office.
We want all our people to feel fairly rewarded and financially secure. Our competitive pay is linked to your contribution, so you’ll know your hard work is being recognised.
Our salaries are highly competitive, among the highest in the legal sector outside London.
You’ll also benefit from an annual bonus, which is dependent on the performance of the firm, and proportionate to your salary.
We operate a self-invested personal pension through Hargreaves Lansdown. The contributions are:
In the event of death in service, we will pay out four times your salary to your nominated beneficiaries.
We understand the importance of supporting our employees through various stages of life. Our family-friendly benefits are designed to provide flexibility for growing families during these pivotal moments, so they can focus on their new family member without financial worry.
Our enhanced maternity and adoption leave policies offer 26 weeks of full pay, provided you have 26 weeks of service by the qualifying week.
Our shared parental leave offering matches our maternity and adoption leave package.
We recognise the vital role paternity leave plays in bonding and supporting the family unit and offer four weeks of full pay, with the same service requirement of 26 weeks at the qualifying week.
We recognise the vital role paternity leave plays in bonding and supporting the family unit.
We therefore offer four weeks of full pay, with the same service requirement of 26 weeks at the qualifying week.
Coaching sessions when you go on family leave and when you return to work.
Access to an online parental leave toolkit coaching module designed to help people manage the parent transition.
Access to Work+Family Space, which is a customised website giving access to a range of services to help people manage their working and family life.
Our parents’ network offers support and talks.
To us, quality of life is just as important as quality of work. That’s why your wellbeing will always be top of our agenda. We’ll give you the flexibility, personally and professionally, to help you get where you want to be.
We offer private medical insurance provided by BUPA to all our people. Everyone is entitled to a free health assessment with BUPA when they start at the firm and every two years after that.
We offer an employee assistance programme, which provides support on a variety of matters including second opinion medical, counselling and debt advice. It is free and confidential.
Everyone is entitled to 25 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays) and we award extra holiday days after three, six, and ten years’ service.
As well as financial security, support for your family and a strong focus on health and wellbeing, there’s lots more available at Burges Salmon, so you can dive in and feel nurtured and inspired.
#BeMoreSalmonOur hybrid working model combines home working and working from the office. We typically foresee our people attending one of our offices on average 40% to 60% of the time.
If it’s right for our clients, our business and for you, we’ll support you with flexible working and part-time working wherever possible.
We’ll provide you with comprehensive training opportunities to help you grow and develop throughout your career with us. We offer instructor-led courses covering a range of topics and skills, as well as a variety of learning resources.
We have a brilliant Learning & Development team that manages our skills curriculum and can support you with the training you’re looking for. We also have digital learning platforms so you can take charge of your own skills development.
Supporting your personal and professional development is our top priority. In addition to the support you’ll receive from our in-house Learning & Development team, you’ll have the opportunity to complete external courses and qualifications that are relevant to your role.
We also offer language classes for a variety of abilities that are open to everyone. These include French, German, Italian, Spanish and Mandarin.
We want to have a positive impact in our communities, and we encourage and support our people to take part in volunteering opportunities – nearly 60% of them do! Everyone can take two paid volunteering days per year.
We can help you find initiatives and organisations to support as an individual and in teams, but you can also do something you’re passionate about through your own connections.
Our Bristol office, One Glass Wharf, is located at the heart of the Temple Quay area of Bristol, only five minutes from Temple Meads station and a short walk into the town centre. The building was designed especially for us and is one of central Bristol’s most eco-friendly buildings.
We opened our Edinburgh office in May 2019. Located in the Exchange District, we’re based in the heart of the city’s leading financial and business centre. The office, Atria One, is BREEAM rated ‘Excellent’ and you will be within walking distance of Edinburgh’s cultural venues, shopping and an abundance of eating options, from sandwich bars to fine dining.
To support our people who either walk, run or cycle to work, we provide on-site bike racks and shower facilities to make it easier for you to incorporate exercise into your daily routine.
We use the Cycle to Work scheme, which means you can make big savings when purchasing a new bike and pay for it in instalments via a tax-free salary sacrifice.
Our social club, BSocial, is open to everyone and offers members a wide range of discounts on theatre, cinema and sports activities. BSocial also organises other events and trips away. Recent events have included wine and cheese tasting, bread making, cupcake decorating, weekend trips to London, a Belgium Beer Festival and make-up tutorials.
There are running, football and hockey clubs to join, as well as Pilates, yoga and circuits classes available at the office. There is even a board game club for those with more relaxed leisure pursuits!
Our Summer Party is a key event on the Burges Salmon calendar. In the past we have been to M-Shed, had an indoor fairground complete with dodgem cars and a Las Vegas themed ball.
