Wilson Elser reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(646 total reviews)
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82% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Wilson Elser has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 646 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Wilson Elser 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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646 reviews
1.0
Jan 31, 2018
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Cons

Be wary of positive reviews -- HR tells people to submit Glassdoor reviews. Awful place to work as an attorney. Workload is unmanageable. At the time I quit, every associate and paralegal was actively interviewing for other jobs. Every. Management demands weekends in the office (not even from home). Most attorneys in our office work 60+ hours a week (we are not even a top-10 market). No support from management, who have a sink-or-swim attitude. Negligible bonus. Pay is pitiful. Ultimately, my salary came out to $40/hour pre-tax. Equity track partnership is nearly impossible to attain; in our office, only the office managing partner was equity. Billable requirement higher than most large firms in town, yet pay is lower than most. And management will email blast the firm about hours multiple times a week. But don't worry about meeting the billable minimum, because you have so much work that you must finish or you will malpractice; if you are not meeting your minimum, you probably have bigger problems given the massive caseload. Constantly putting out fires. Firm tracks attorney PTO. No 401k. Hardly any support staff as firm tries to keep costs low. Also, the technology sucks. Windows 2007 -- 10 years old.

1.0
Nov 27, 2017

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Pros

Free parking, paid holidays, bereavement compensation

Cons

There was a high turnover rate of paralegals at the office that I worked at. No year end bonuses for legal assistants and paralegals. There were some misrepresentations about the office during my initial interview. They weren't big misrepresentations, but they left me with trust issues with management.

1.0
Feb 7, 2018

Nice People, Awful Practices

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The attorneys were friendly and appreciative, overall. Most staff was great to work with.

Cons

Employees were not protected from an abusive and a downright hostile working environment. HR was ineffectual even though MANY complaints were shared by several people about the same manager, and on many occasions. NOTHING was done to protect employees while the abuse continued for years. What a disgrace!

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