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      3.7

      70% would recommend to a friend

      (498 total reviews)
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      R. Bradford (Brad) Malt

      87% approve of CEO

      69% positive business outlook

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      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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      498 reviews
      4.0
      Jan 19, 2026

      Great experience, bad pay

      Corporate paralegal
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great training and ok mentorship. Really good benefits and manageable work life balance. My manger was wonderful. I love the firm culture and

      Cons

      The work was pretty tedious and there was a big discrepancy in the paralegal salary and the amount of work they had to take on. Everyone worked overtime so there was certainly additional pay on top of the base salary but over my time there I did not see much of an increase. I tried to have a bonus conversation with my boss and was pretty much shut down. The New York office is also pretty depressing, as a paralegal you can only see a window in the cafeteria.

      1.0
      Jan 19, 2026

      They don't tell you upfront that you're working for private equity

      Paralegal
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - High trust given to you during the day, able to manage day to day on your own - Some awesome coworkers - Nice benefits

      Cons

      - They won't tell you upfront that a lot of your work is for private equity. Shady. - Lots of hidden rules (welcome to Corporate America, I guess?), can be jarring for someone who doesn't fully understand the hierarchy at a law firm, that Partners can get away with verbal abuse because they "put in the work" to have ownership at the company. But they won't tell you upfront and will act like "everyone is super approachable!" when that is a lie. - They don't want you to deeply understand the work you're doing and why, they just want you to execute it. This is a general trend in Corporate America where leadership benefits off of people "staying put" in their lower levels of work. - Tattle tale culture (but that's also Corporate America) - Trying to get me to check my phone as soon as I wake up, even though I'm not clocked in... stealing employee time - Fired me right before I could file for accommodations for my mental disability, making up reasons for things that could have easily been worked through and trying to smear all the blame on me

      4.0
      Jan 12, 2026

      R&G

      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Interesting and complex work, support staff is kind

      Cons

      Stress of big law demands, long hours

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