Good people, poor management - Anonymous employee Kennedys Employee Review

3.0
2 Nov 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

The staff are lovely and good team atmosphere (obviously dependant on where you worked in the firm). If you were good at your job in entry level roles, then you could get a promotion in the first two years or so.

Cons

There is a disconnect that sometimes arose between management and the staff doing the day-to-day. Poor technology (HR, IT and Business Development) and slow change of culture heading in a negative direction plus increase in stress among teams at the time when I left.

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5.0
19 Jun 2025
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Pros

- Amazing office manager - Amazing colleagues who help and stay long late when needed - Attorneys are great to with for and are very helpful

Cons

- Bathrooms, especially those in female restroom, could use more soap. Otherwise, amazing place to work and no cons.

4.0
27 May 2026
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Pros

Your experience in Defense group is highly dependent on who your managing partner is. Good work-life balance. Manageable case load. Fellow associates generally nice and willing to help. Secondment program allows you to take a week long work trip to another Kennedys office anywhere in the globe and learn about foreign legal system. Depending on your team, you can handle some really interesting cases that even go outside of ID realm.

Cons

Support staff sucks. Management doesn't want to invest in support staff. Pay is not the best. NY firm is a bit siloed. Its still ID work so it can get miserable at times. Sometimes firm culture can be a bit catty - lots of people talking behind your back and you gotta watch what you say to certain folks.

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