Mixed as Kirkland has a great reputation - the San Francisco Office Managers have Reputations too - Legal Secretary Kirkland & Ellis Employee Review

2.0
Sep 5, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Associates and most (but not all) staff were nice to work with.

Cons

Unfortunately most of the attorney's are very self sufficient, so legal secretaries are really glorified receptionists and their main function is to answer phones and take messages. It's what the San Francisco office likes to refer as "customer service" ??? In addition, the managers of this office have reputations that precedes them and NOT in a good way. Rather than focus on the qualities/talents and skill of their staff members, instead the managers strike FEAR into their staff and in most cases, intentially set the staff member up to fail, and then they question "why did you do that?" Ah, because that was your instruction . . . In my short time there - I was able to relate to most of the staff as they were made to suffer the same intolerable treatment.

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5.0
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Pros

Great culture, free food, lots of training and resources available

Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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Cons

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