GO! Team Member - Anonymous employee Goodwin Employee Review

3.0
Apr 28, 2025
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Pros

If you're interested in building a career in Law, this is a good stepping stone. Depending on your role, there is significant exposure to attorneys and plenty of networking opportunities. If you're on a supportive team, there are opportunities to develop your skills as long as you are willing to play along with the typical corporate politics. Lunch Tuesday through Thursday and they care about the "Goodwin Culture" and in person interactions. Good benefits. If you're willing to stick it out, you will eventually be promoted but it is common knowledge the easier route is boomerang-ing.

Cons

The growth opportunities are pretty limited, though this seems to be advertised differently in interviews. Your hours and workload are very dependent on the team you're part of and their leaders. Some work normal 9-5 while others work nearly the same as the attorneys for less than 1/3 of their pay. Goodwin's reputation is fairly poor at the moment, and although not all rumors are true, it does make external relations more difficult. Poor employee satisfaction and high turnover are viewed as typical "Big Law" occurrences and the actual reasons for these issues aren't questioned or addressed. Your managers will fully make or break your experience.

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5.0
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Cons

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
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Pros

Support staff has been fantastic for career development. Wonderful people to work with and I feel that it has been challenging in a motivational way to keep me developing my skillset.

Cons

I do think that I'm being slightly underpaid but the benefits of working here outweigh that.

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