Terrible Managers and Firm Management - Associate Attorney Stoel Rives Employee Review

2.0
Sep 19, 2022
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Pros

Stoel Rives has great clients in the renewable energy industry. The non-pay benefits are better than many law firms.

Cons

Terrible managers with no interest in developing or retaining talent. It is a revolving door of associates even when compared to other large law firms. Firm management ignores the bad behavior of individual attorneys if those attorneys contribute decent earnings for the firm. The diversity at this firm is abysmal. The hours can be comparable to top tier large law firms yet the pay is a small fraction of market rates. Further, pay is determined on an individual basis, sometimes tied to an individuals practice group.

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5.0
Aug 15, 2025
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Pros

Good people nothing to complain about

Cons

Nothing seemed off about the place

2.0
Jul 16, 2026
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Pros

Relatively good pay Strong companywide culture

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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