- Hours are terribly long and that explains the extremely high turnover rate. People come and go the time. They do not care much about your welfare or mental well-being and work you till the ground - after all, you are just a number and their brand name would attract fresh meat to the grinder all the time.
- Your work is not appreciated and everyday is just sheer drear.
- Though the compensation package appears to be competitive, do note of various ways the firm clawbacks from you. The salary is made up of basic + an advanced discretionary bonus (a sizable chunk of it forms your full salary). This is not paid to you when you are serving your notice period. When you factor in all of these, the firm's pay package is actually not as good as it claims to be. Generally a stingy firm - one of the first big law firms to institute pay cuts in this COVID-19 climate across the board (even for legal secretaries).
- Firm culture is not good generally. People do not feel that they belong there and many people working there are dissatisfied and unhappy. Many are just looking to use it as a stepping stone or a stop-gap place until they find somewhere more sustainable.
- Quite a lot of office politics despite the already terrible work environment.
