It also offers a free doctor, along with a physiotherapist and dentist which the employees pay for. Mavis Rees is senior personnel manager for compensation and benefits at the firm. She claims that the dentist is especially valuable to lawyers who are new to the area, who can find it difficult to get to a dentist near their home. The firm's London office also boasts a shop offering services such as dry cleaning and film processing. Tom Shorten, managing director of concierge service provider Enviego, says that the demands of law firm employees are changing.
Law firms are younger and more modern than they used to be.
These firms employ lots of young go-getters. As to the traditional package of car, pension and healthcare, Shorten questions whether employees appreciate their value. In contrast, he claims that the concierge service can be used all the time as well as by the staff member's family. So employees are always feeling the benefit. More cynical observers point out that all such services do is tie employees to their desks.