Nowhere near as good as I was expecting - Anonymous employee A&O Shearman Employee Review

2.0
Jun 18, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Onsite facilities and amenities are excellent

Cons

They talk a lot about diversity and have all kinds of initiatives, but it's still a big city firm that only cares about chargeable hours. The smile doesn't reach the eyes.

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A&O Shearman Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to leave a review about your experience of working at Allen & Overy. We are very disappointed to learn that your time with us was not positive. We work hard to ensure our people feel they can safely voice concerns, so we take feedback of this nature very seriously. We currently have an external independent hotline for our staff to anonymously report concerns 24/7. We will ensure to promote this further so our employees are more of aware of it.

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