Is Ropes & Gray a good company to work for?

Ropes & Gray has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 536 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months. 70% of employees would recommend working at Ropes & Gray to a friend and 69% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Ropes & Gray have been left by employees working as Summer Associate , Corporate Paralegal and Legal Executive Assistant .

Does Ropes & Gray pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Ropes & Gray employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Ropes & Gray. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Ropes & Gray?

70% of Ropes & Gray employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Ropes & Gray 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Ropes & Gray?

Associate (110) , Paralegal (22) , Associate Attorney (11) , Legal Executive Assistant (11) , Summer Associate (11) , Attorney (10) , Corporate Paralegal (10) , Legal Secretary (9) , Practice Development Assistant (7) , Practice Development Specialist (7) , Information Governance Assistant (6) , Analyst (5) , Corporate Program Paralegal (5) , Litigation Paralegal (5) , Manager (5)

What are the pros of working at Ropes & Gray according to real employee reviews?

"Great people and interesting work" ((in 66 reviews)); "The benefits are good and its diverse." ((in 38 reviews)); "Great culture and place to work." ((in 35 reviews)); "Good pay and accommodation and food" ((in 26 reviews)); "Excellent training resources" ((in 13 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Ropes & Gray according to real employee reviews?

"The long hours and unexpected over" ((in 50 reviews)); "Terrible management and horrible hours" ((in 22 reviews)); "work life balance can be difficult like all large law firms" ((in 17 reviews)); "Long hours generally, bureaucratic, heavy regulation on employees" ((in 12 reviews)); "I had four different managers in 4 years, each one worse than the last." ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about Ropes & Gray layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Ropes & Gray layoffs and their outlook for job security at Ropes & Gray in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Ropes & Gray locations?

Boston , New York , Washington , San Francisco , Chicago , Los Angeles , Salt Lake City , Glendale Heights , Cooper , Mountain View , Palo Alto , Bellingham , Concord , East Palo Alto , Boston , Loarville

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Ropes & Gray reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(498 total reviews)

R. Bradford (Brad) Malt

87% approve of CEO

69% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Career opportunities

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Senior management

3.0

Work/Life balance

Ropes & Gray has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 498 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ropes & Gray 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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Reviews by job title

498 reviews

1.0

Mar 26, 2014

Leave your morals and feelings at the door....

User support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I have met some really nice people that i'm glad to have had in my life and still touch base with every so often both professionally and personally.

Cons

Bullying and manipulation seem to be the top two management techniques most used in the User Support group. The group turnover rate is ridiculously high and when someone left because they were fired it was 9 times out of 10 not warranted. Seems the manipulation starts with the CIO and gets filtered down thru many of the groups the CIO manages yet User Support gets the bulk of it as if supporting the customers is at the bottom of the barrel yet you are supposed to be highly skilled and customer focused.

4.0

Feb 6, 2014

a well run firm with a challenging work environment and opportunities for advacement.

Legal secretary

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

company is generous with salaries and benefits

Cons

workload can sometimes be heavy and make you feel like a cog in a wheel

3.0

Jan 20, 2014

As good as a big bad law firm can be.

Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

"Work-life balance" (for what it's worth), training, collegiality, high-caliber colleagues, lots of opportunities to build a strong pro bono practice.

Cons

Endless hours, standard law-firm career track frustrations, policy decisions made for the entire firm through an opaque process to which no one but a small group of select partners can contribute.

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