Poor Management - No Progression - High Turnover - Analyst A&O Shearman Employee Review

1.0
Nov 6, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Hybrid Working - 2 days a week (although this may change) - Some good People working within the teams - Good experience to work with Global teams - Office is fairly modern and city centre

Cons

- Haemorrhaging Staff - Following Merger, lost 100's in the US Side, and large numbers continue to leave in Belfast - Recent I.T redundancies in Belfast - Losing highly talented staff - (They want cheaper junior staff to save money or just lower headcount and rest can pick up the slack) - Multiple department restructures and change - None to staff benefit - it's about saving money - Constant firefighting issues everyday - Stress levels at all time high across teams - Poor Management from Top to bottom - It is chaos with no clear road map - Senior managers have also left in numbers and new managers are sinking fast - (Most recent senior management leaver was November 2025) - IT heads are completely out of touch with office staff - They should be held to account for constant poor decisions - The office culture is 0 - There is zero enthusiasm or camaraderie - Company Culture is Dead, Morale is dead - Staff have raised concerns multiple multiple times with no action or outcomes from management - Salary's are lagging in Belfast compared to others - No progression - No budget for Training - No upskilling available (They tried to say Pluralsight is how to upskill, Then cancelled all accounts due to cost) - No support for Mental Health - Multiple staff off sick due to Workplace stress/Mental Health - On Call rota for teams is now very frequent with leavers and headcount being lowered - There's an internal joke in management - That the policy is FIFO - Fit in or......

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A&O Shearman Response
7mo
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We appreciate hearing from our current employees. We would welcome the opportunity to learn more about your concerns and how we can make improvements. Additionally we can signpost you to the many resources which are available to support all our people. Please contact any member of the HR team or HRBelfast@aoshearman.com and we will be happy to have a conversation.

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