Hogan Lovells reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(783 total reviews)

Miguel Zaldivar

84% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Hogan Lovells has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 783 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hogan Lovells employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Legal industry (3.8 stars).

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783 reviews
1.0
May 2, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

subsidized lunch, the building is very beautiful

Cons

The big picture is, most analysts and analyst assistants here all come from great schools, GT, AU, GW, UMD but the job description says degree not required. Why? because they can pay you less. I can't say anything about the rest of the firm but the conflicts department preys on recent grads because the managers themselves have been worn out of all hope through their years within the department. There is a very clear hierarchy within the department and everyone reports to someone. You will never feel like the work you have done is appreciated. Your work will also be scrutinized and upper management will be very petty with your work product. Nepotism seems to play a large role here, being respected in a workplace environment shouldn't have to end up with you becoming a brown noser. The following are qualities that will not get you promoted: -Standing up for yourself and trying to explain yourself when called out on -Not working enough overtime (Upper management suggests 20 hours overtime a week) -Trying to be creative and give suggestions to make the workplace more efficient I know that looking for a job as a recent grad or anyone who is unemployed is difficult but this environment does not produce happy, healthy workers. We all work hard to make ends meet and pave a better career path but any sincerity turns to suspiciousness and any honesty and hard work is not enough for management. You WILL: -Be burned out quickly -Find that the skills you learned here aren't skills because you can't transfer them anywhere -Realize that you don't deal with people, you deal with lawyers and people who want to be lawyers. -Be bullied to giving up your precious weekends -Actually lose more money by working so much overtime because your income falls into another tax bracket and you end up being taxed more -Find that any other job will be fairer, leave you calmer, and be less stressful than this one. If we didn't know how bad it was here, why would we be trying so hard to warn you?

1.0
Apr 16, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

-some people are nice (but most are boring) -the overtime can be a pay boost (what at what expense??) -the cafeteria isn't bad

Cons

This is the worst place I have ever worked. I have mostly enjoyed my jobs in the past, but this place makes coming to work a miserable experience. -horrid management -long hours that are not even appreciated -basically required to do a part-time job's worth of overtime or you WILL get a bad review -pressure to work weekends and week day nights -most of the people at this place are petty and vindictive -DEFINITELY a place for career settlers -BORING work -skills don't transfer over to any other job -the company has a policy that it will not give anyone recommendations -pay is not great, especially for all the BS you will have to put up with

2.0
Nov 1, 2017

Disappointing - used to be the law firm to work for

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good people, nice office, great location, decent pay, good benefits, nice 401k plan. Great attorneys to work with.

Cons

Used to be a family-oriented place to work, but lately it is a cold-hearted sweatshop for support staff. Unspoken layoffs happen followed by voluntary buyouts - makes one worry about the stability of the firm. New HR management cannot be trusted - all decisions seem to be at the apparent whim of London. Partners have no say. The firm culture has changed so much it is unrecognizable. Scary times and lots of uncertainty. Glad I got out while money was on the table.

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