Ashurst Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Pros

Smarter working allowed you to work remotely so great for work/life balance. Dress down in Glasgow so relaxed and no need for suits. Work challenging and interesting. Greta friendly and fun environment.

Cons

Lots of change to evolve the business but not always a bad thing

Pros

Good work life balance Give you freedom to work around hours as long as work is done Partners and senior staff make a point of introducing themselves and maintain a relationship despite their senior role Lots of training looks great on CV

Cons

Terrible salary Weeks of having absolutely no work yet they continue to hire more staff Little to no development opportunities for certain teams

Pros

Great culture and people. The work is very international as you are always working alongside other offices in the firm's network. Working with large, well known clients all the time.Good management as well.

Cons

Salary could be slightly higher but it is comparable to similar positions and there is a good work / life balance.

Pros

-Diverse, -Good work/life balance compared with other firms,

Cons

-Human Resources are only interested in helping management to secure their interests rather than dealing with valid and continuous complaints by staff. -Compliance manager has managed to be paid for two years for doing absolutely nothing other than making staff's life a nightmare. -Zero training provided when it is an essential part of departmental growth. -People in the department are treated differently and given different benefits depending on whether manager is threatened by you or not. -Impossible to book in statutory annual leave. -No checks and balances on senior management's performance, meaning staff get zero credit and no exposure to other management. -No chance of promotion.

Pros

Everyone is very proud of the Ashurst culture of sparking minds and it's true that there are some very bright and inspriring people there. Work life balance is definitely better than at magic circle firms.

Cons

It's been a bit of a mess there lately - lots of people are leaving, the work hasn't really picked up yet after the recession, and senior management has very poor leadership and communication skills. The partners have a little bit of a mentality of "it's them not us" and no one wants to take responsibility for anything.