Pros
Clients - Terrific client base provides good learning opportunities, and network building. Brand - Good reputation, resume builder. Perks - PTO is good, but impossible to utilize when you are expected to bill 2,600+ hours.
Cons
Hollow Corporate Culture - "Jerk Free", "The Golden Rule", "Island you don't want to leave". All of these hollow cliches perpetuate the "Best Place To Work" accolade. Tons of passive aggressive personalities in my experience at the firm. Partners - Way too many partners. Very few partners that have any ability to lead and develop staff. Even fewer that have your best interest on their priority list. Kind of an old boys club. If you can last 15 years at the firm, congrats you are a partner. No real fast track. Some partners churn through staff at incredibly high turnover rates, but are never held accountable for not developing staff and treating them poorly. I had partners tell me they were powerless to impact change if it was related to a rain making partners group. Compensation - Rigid system for rewarding employees which disenfranchises high achievers. Not competitive with peer groups. If you aren't a partner, you are vastly underpaid.
