Pros
ATL staff feels like a family everyone in Atlanta really cares about each other. The firm procedures and hierarchy are very organized, because everyone has a role. As long as everyone on the team is doing their job it is a well oiled machine. (One star for each pro)
Cons
The problem is Dallas, although they have other locations now, all the decision making managers are in Dallas and ALL decisions have to come from Dallas. This firm does not care how law is practiced in Georgia and insists on imposing Texas guidelines and quotas that are unattainable based on civil procedure in Ga (yes there is an individual quota requirement). The managers are located in Dallas and micromanage you about meal breaks, reasons for needing PTO, being less than 15 minutes late, and chronic medical conditions. The managers default to be accusatory. They openly favor certain employees, and have been known to have personal relationships and talk badly about other subordinates to their favorites. They regularly hire people under the guise that they will receive work from home (wfh) days only to hit them with “it’s up to the discretion of your manager” who will not let you wfh in the end. There is no set trainer for new hires in Atl office and when you try to ask your manager in Dallas questions they will guess an answer. The owning attorney regularly demeans, dismisses, and berates the other attorneys about settlement numbers which can spill over to attacking staff as well.