Law firm erases champagne glasses from photograph of rookie solicitors to avoid negative perceptions
Photoshop fail?

A photograph of rookie solicitors toasting qualification over a glass of bubbly has backfired thanks to the law firm’s hyper-sensitive marketing department.
Posted by New Zealand law firm Simpson Grierson, the now-deleted Instagram snap showed a group of eight rookies celebrating qualification at an event put on by their bosses.
So far, so good, you might say. However, local news website Newsroom reports that in order to avoid “negative perceptions of the event”, a member of the firm’s marketing team photoshopped the drinks out of the newbie solicitors’ hands following a discussion with others at the firm.
Unfortunately, the doctored image showed the newbies — all above the legal drinking age — awkwardly clutching the air alongside the caption: “Congratulations to our 2018 law graduates. This talented bunch was recently admitted to the bar — keep up the good work team.”
Poncho Rivera-Pavon, a human resources consultant at Simpson Grierson, said the firm had taken the decision to erase the glasses because the event was about celebrating the young solicitors’ achievements, not about them having a drink at work. He continued:
“We’re very aware of sometimes the media misconstruing things and making it look like it’s all about them having a drink at work. We wanted to make it all about their admission and how important it is for them, so we decided to remove them.”
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21 Comments
Anonymous
I feel bad that you need positive ratings on this website, of all places, to feel okay about yourself.
Anonymous
Legitimate interest all day long…
Dr Frankenstein
Alex, is that you?!!
Anonymous
HR can leave the clothing on the big unit in the middle.
Q
That was weird, should’ve specified outer clothing and left the underwear, it requires less imagination from the HR team. Underwear leaves the HR photoshop crew safer when the chubs complain about how their body looks with no clothes on.
Anonymous
What a top, top titan firm.
Anonymous
Top outfit.
AB
Technically, it is a top outfit in the NZ market.
Anonymous
100% of nothing is still nothing.
Anonymous
Get me to New Zealand.
Anonymous
Top-notch marketing team in my opinion.
Anonymous
Haha so many comments got deleted from this. Good job Alex.
Pogo
you mother was 6ey last might
Anonymous
I edit wine glasses into pics of my trainees. It’s a great alibi.
Anon
‘Negative perceptions’ lol. I work in corporate and we always get completely obliterated with our clients post-completion.
Anonymous
oh what an exciting and enviable life you lead.
Anon
Well, at least they all now look like they fit the bill for a firm that promotes equality and diversity, if you get my drift…
BAME
BAME
Anonymous
Who cares what goes on in an irrelevant firm in an irrelevant jurisdiction.
Anonymous
In case it offends peaceful clients.
Anonymous
She’s most likely the HR lady tasked with ensuring no high-testosterone native-born males accidentally find their way into the profession.
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