Rules of Engagement Apply - Anonymous employee Stoel Rives Employee Review

4.0
Sep 26, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The majority of the lawyers are truly fine people and brilliant lawyers. I feel fortunate to work with such an intelligent and hardworking group. The firm is small, which is nice. You get to work with a lot of different people. The clients are absolutely amazing and make coming to work every day worthwhile.

Cons

Ten people (or so) make all of the money. All management decisions revolve around this dependency and are aligned with it. This alignment sometimes because misaligned especially when it comes to decisions regarding the administrative staff. The staff are often paid lip-service or left hanging when important decisions need to be made. If the decisions involve staff and money, it can be like pulling teeth to push something forward. It can be very frustrating.

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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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