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

2.0

Oct 11, 2012

It's just a job now - but hasn't always been that way

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Co-workers are great and work well as a team. Associates (for the most part) treat staff as people and not as a subspecies. Benefits are good.

Cons

Management says they care about the staff, but they don't. They keep hiring people with no related experience to supervise departments. Loosing qualified people (staff & attorneys) all the time and nothing seems to be done to stop it. Morale firm wide is very low.

1.0

Sep 27, 2012

Great when you are new and then downhill from there

Technical support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Met some great friends and finally got to see what I would never want to see at another company again.

Cons

Company/department was great at first. Flexible etc until they considered you up to speed and then it was everyone for themselves and the ones that never said no or disagreed got to do things against policy without consequences. I worked in User Support and it almost caused me to never work in help desk again. It is run by supervisors and directors that have the most inefficient management style. Users could threaten us and it didn't matter. If you were liked you could do just about anything. If you said no to overtime when they really wanted you to take it you were then a target and they made sure you felt their wrath. The director has no problem firing someone at the drop of a hat and then continuing on with a smile.

4.0

Aug 27, 2012

Smart and Hardworking

Attorney development

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

High degree of professionalism. Most employees very earnest and hard working with a high degree of integrity. Pay was competititive and structure was merit based. Most staff very congenial. High degreee of collaboration among team members.

Cons

Could be very stodgy and white shoe. Very conservative culture and not very diverse. Hierarchy is very rigid and lawyers are definitely considered above all levels of staff, even senior staff.

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