Bait and Switch - Secretary/Paralegal Wilson Elser Employee Review

2.0
Feb 4, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Great benefits, nice office. The office tries to take the upper road and be very ethical which is important nowadays.

Cons

I was hired to be a paralegal not a highbred cat -dog. I don’t know if it’s their way of saving money or whatever but I was very poorly trained and at the time that I interviewed, with simply asked if I minded helping out with secretarial work. I thought that meant when there was a rush or an overload as a member of the team would I help and of course I said yes. No it really is you are mostly a secretary-ie 80%. I think I would be more successful if I had been better trained and the desk I was sitting out with a different desk

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Cons

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3.0
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Cons

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