Baker McKenzie Reviews

Pros

- Good benefits package - Great social events - Friendly people - Flexible working - Supportive of staff

Cons

- Salary is not in line with current market. I am doing the same job for a lot more money now elsewhere. - Lack of progression. - Favours fee earning staff - Overtime culture (especially for paralegals) for little reward.

Pros

Friendly staff, good work life balance, good starting job to learn the basics

Cons

No trust given and therefore no challenge to the job; Micromanagement is horrendous and some team leads become passive aggressive if they feel threatened by your ability/ideas; LPs treated differently to all other staff because they are disposable - do not think there is any way to progress in this job, because there isn't; Poorly treated during covid, no equipment given and no pay rises despite promotions being given. Expected to pay for screens/a mouse etc when the office is filled with equipment. Other departments in legal given full equipment; Made to feel you are lucky to have a job instead of the company making you feel valued

Pros

Good range of work Modern office Made great friends

Cons

- unprepared for covid: no remote screens for home, they have only decided to address this almost 1 year after being in pandemic which is a joke. So many other firms that are so much smaller went above and beyond for their staff. - pay freeze and blaming everything on covid yet company financials are healthy. Pre-covid they were still slow to increase pay or reward in any way. - seniors management have no real direction and flip flop all the time. Most meetings with staff are just talk shops and achieve nothing. - inconsistent approach across teams - no transparency around bonus or salary. It is a fact that salary’s range massively for same work. We are told to never speak about salary or bonus which tells you everything. - so much gossip among people and poor behaviour