Biggest and "best" Firm in Portland but not best culture - Anonymous employee Stoel Rives Employee Review

2.0
Apr 25, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Smart attorneys that care about their clients and community. Great benefits plan, headquarters support in regards to recruiting, benefits, payroll is outstanding.

Cons

Toxic culture, no investment in their staff, you agree or your out. New idea are not always valued. They say they value their people and innovation but processes are old and outdated. High turnover of executives results in lack of support for administration help across most departments so no bandwidth to be forwarding thinking. Little interaction between staff and lawyers. Not a friendly culture.

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Cons

Note: Cons apply to the editorial team, rather than the entire company. Lackluster onboarding Poor training with insufficient mentoring Inconsistent application of editorial standards and methods that are more concerned with not offending attorneys than with actually making documents better Ignorance of/disregard for basic rules of grammar Forced employees across the country to work on Pacific Time Gaslighting Belittling of previous experience, a general attitude of condescension Criticism of employees in front of other employees Lack of preparedness for meetings and instructional sessions

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