Stay Away. Stay far away - Anonymous employee Sidley Austin Employee Review

2.0
Jan 18, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is solid, people are kind and cool to talk to. Generally decent culture if all you care about is people being nice.

Cons

But if you care about more than people being nice, the culture is absolutely trash. IT is an absolute disaster, trying desperately to appease lawyers at the expense of staff support. Staff is generally invisible to the organization. People look at me like I'm an insane person for protecting my work/life balance. On top of that, there was a bait-and-switch regarding working remote during the hiring process. After I'd accepted and given notice at my old job, I found out it was hybrid instead of remote as I had previously discussed. Nobody respects meeting times or calendars, and things constantly run long or get scheduled outside of work hours. I've only been here a few months and I'm fully back on the job search because of this miserable experience. What a nightmare.

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The folks who have been at Sidley for 3+ years are great.

Cons

HORRIBLE leadership and management at the firm. The workday integration was a mess, and new CHRO has really tanked the company culture. They are also only giving out 3% raises the year the firm has record profits. Associates are burnt out and mean to staff. They underpay staff and then wonder why their best talent is leaving.

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