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

Dec 2, 2012

Decent Pay and Benefits Not Worth the Aggravation.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits. Good people.

Cons

Too much office politics. Higher-ups BSing the rest of us. Chaotic environment. No one is happy there. The blame gets passed down, not up. Ridiculous procedures implement without thought to how they'll actually work when used.

3.0

Jul 17, 2011

I've worked for Law firms for many years and this is the worse law firm I have ever worked for

Legal secretary

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is really good.

Cons

The managers hire their friends then they lay you off and they don't offer training when you ask for it.

1.0

Oct 25, 2010

Horrible place to work

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I enjoyed working in my department when work was the priority and plentiful. I enjoyed felling a sense of accomplishment when I could complete tasks that were assigned to me. The people at Ropes are dedicated to working late if required to get the job done. There are some very dedicated workers in the Silicon Valley office. I very much appreciated support from the word processing department who were stellar at assisting with various tasks.

Cons

Management is AWFUL!! Cutthroat law firm with no regard for non legal staff. The East Palo Alto office AKA Silicon Valley office has laid off several people in a deplorable fashion. This firm actually believes that you can plan your sickness, if you use a sick day that you are entitled to without scheduling it in advance, you are docked. The review process is a joke management tends to bring up thing that happened several years ago to get ammunition on you so that you can be terminated. Sneaky low life law firm. I have never worked for a firm before where partners will not speak up to defend workers and where HR and management have the power to cut a persons position without any concern for anyone accept themselves. The management always come up with tasks to keep themselves busy for fear of loosing their own jobs. Morale in this firm SUCKS!

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