All hype - Anonymous employee Axiom Law Employee Review

2.0
Apr 11, 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There are great people at Axiom, and some really great teams. Beautiful offices and a ton of potential.

Cons

Axiom is NOT a tech company, but they state that they are so that should tell you a lot. If you don't play politics well you will not survive. Overall Axiom isn't being truthful with itself...there were many many stories about sexual harassment, company parties with too much booze, operations across all teams is a COMPLETE mess and there is zero unified strategy in place. Hands down the most disappointing years of my career spent here.

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Axiom Law Response
8y
Thank you for this candid feedback, and for taking the time to share it with us. At Axiom, we aim to create a positive culture and work environment for all of our Axiomites. We’re sorry that you feel that this wasn’t the case for you. We’re excited about where our CTO, Doug Hebenthal, will take us in the technology space and understand that we have work to do. We appreciate the anonymity that posting on Glassdoor affords, and we welcome the opportunity to discuss the specifics of this further. Please feel free to contact me directly at advance@axiomlaw.com. Stephanie

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