Dentons reviews

3.6

71% would recommend to a friend

(964 total reviews)
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Elliott Portnoy

82% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Dentons has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 964 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Dentons employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Legal industry (3.8 stars).

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964 reviews
2.0
Mar 14, 2016

Firm cares more about branding and growth more than employees

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Pros

Decent pay. Co-workers/staff are friendly. Work/life balance is excellent- they do not promote over time.

Cons

Attorney staff hierarchy, uncaring/bad management, very expensive medical benefits, HR or policy changes not communicated to staff effectively (communication is after the changes are made), firm cares more about growth (being the biggest and the best) rather than the employee, employees are not rewarded or acknowledged for hard work. High turnover rate. Staff leaves frequently or is terminated. No room for growth or advancement.

2.0
Nov 14, 2019

Has a lot to work on to improve

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Pros

-Work from home flexibility (really the only reason I stayed with the firm for so long) -decent benefits + 401k

Cons

- There is absolutely no room for growth unless you have a law degree. Upper management undervalues analysts and is overall seemingly unappreciative of stellar employees who work hard and contribute ideas to improve the department. Analysts are on the bottom of the hierarchy within the department - which is made very obvious by lead management. Management also often plays favorites - and it shows. - Management makes promises that never come to fruition. People are often promised raises and promotions that sometimes never happen. Favorites often receive raises over those who work hard. - Things are disorganized and processes often don't make sense. When I left, the department was still working on rolling out a new software that had literally been pending for years. (I still don't think it has rolled out). Roll out of the new system will likely be a mess since those who were in charge of managing it's development did a poor job of integrating the product with how the daily workflow functions - Pays way below market. - Long hours with crazy weekend and after hours requirements, which only got worse the more understaffed the department got .

2.0
Jan 16, 2018
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Pros

It is currently the largest law firm in the world Offices in many countries International exposure Good US presence and exposure

Cons

Largest law firm in the world Small offices have difficulty growing Too many business and policy persons who are non practicing lawyers Diversity lacking

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