Pros
nice offices, free fruit, competitive salary
Cons
From a firm culture perspective, and from the perspective of an administrative team member (i.e. not an attorney) specifically, the price of working at Polsinelli is too great. Disrespect toward staff was daily. Verbal insults were common. I personally experienced cruelty and ugliness. I personally witnessed poor treatment of other administrative team members. One attorney called a member of my team ignorant and unqualified to do the simplest of things (she was a dual-degreed professional with an incredible work ethic). Attorneys in leadership spoke poorly of other attorneys, some of whom were on their own teams. During a period of 5+ years, I witnessed smart, capable, thoughtful, genuine, and ethical people pick up their boxes of private items from their desks and leave. I saw, and after I left, learned about, women in leadership being shown the door. Not because they weren't good at their jobs, but because they weren't listened to or respected for their expertise. Conflict is nearly impossible to resolve and HR is not a safe place. Can’t stress that enough. Executive leadership treats team members in administrative roles as expendable.
