Pros
Working for a small firm that had seen rapid growth and wanted to continue to to act like a big player in the local legal market meant there was lots of interest and pressure to build new processes from the ground up. It meant for lots of chaos and lots of opportunity to learn. But without the support of the firm’s main players, it became only chaos. If you are looking to jazz up your resume, then maybe it’s worth taking a position here for a few months, but know it will cost you your sanity. If you are a professional with decent experience in your field of work, do yourself a huge favor and do not look into a position at this law firm. I currently hold a position with a Fortune 500 company, and the corporate life is truly a breath of fresh air. I think my experience at Bader Scott definitely helped prepare me for my current title, but my department also had excellent professionals most of them with experience working for Fortune 500 companies in the field I wanted to pursue. (all who no longer work there and barley made the year mark) They played a big part in helping me not lose my mind. All that to say, I got the tools I needed to further my career, but at the cost of my sanity for 6 months and the haunting memories.
Cons
Unfortunately this place is ran with lots of ego and little heart. The main concern was always how to boost the ego of the owners and the business was always 2nd thought. Often Seth and Luis would be presented with good ideas. Almost every good idea started off with both Seth and Luis giving full support. Once steps were made to actually start implementing anything THEY ALREADY AGREED to, the leadership cult would bottle neck those good ideas to death. The key was to make someone in that leadership cult believe they came up with the idea. Once they believed they came up with your already failed attempt, then would any of your plans receive support. And only then would you see your ideas come to life. It was truly working with insane people. Achieving anything felt impossible, but that was something my crazy mind was willing to tolerate. I look back and think how sick that was. Every time I was tasked with even the simplest of orders, I knew the minute the owners or leadership were involved, I was now playing a game of “How do I get x person to think rationally for a minute and remind them this is what they have asked for?!?!” It takes a strong mind and strong sense of self to not fall into their brainwashing culture. And to top it all off, they constantly belittled employees that worked hard but just weren’t part of that leadership cult. Having unqualified people leading is one thing, but having unqualified disrespectful leadership was just scarring. Lots of yelling and lost of questioning your worth to your face.