Was a wonderful place to work then turned into a NIGHTMARE
Pros
The compensation and health benefits were good compared to other companies in Boston The cafeteria was good and resonably priced
Cons
When I first started working at Ropes 6 years earlier it was an amazing place to work - people were friendly, professional and generally happy. Then there was changes to upper management with a new CEO who promoted a few internal staff that literally made the place a nightmare to work at. People were afraid of coming into work each day with the fear of being let go, and any small mistakes that were made led to people blaming eachother and just turned plain nasty. One chief at the company should never have been promoted as she has the worst people and managment skills that I have EVER witnessed. She is rude, unprofessional and down right mean and she does not know how to motivate staff in a positive way she belives that fear will movtivate employees to do what she wants. They kept adding layers and layers of middle management and implemented new policies and procedures to make the simpliest tasks incredible difficult to complete. There is no regard for work-life balance or professional development opportunities for staff - that department was eliminated. The lying and sneaky behaviors from upper managment was not only ruining my professional life but also negetively impacting me personally and I knew that it was time to leave regardless of the state of the economy.
