Pros
Overall a good place to work. Current manager is investing a lot of time in our education and responsibilities. Benefits are great except for medical.
Cons
The paralegal department hasn't been looked after as well as the other departments among the firm. We didn't even have a manager until a couple of years ago while there were managers for all the other departments. We had no one looking out for out interests, especially on the salary level. During my tenure I had to advocate for myself just to get paid market value. Between the increases in medical insurance and inflation in general, Venable is not paying their paralegals to compensate for that. Prior to the pandemic, they were already underpaying their staff. Prior to the pandemic, by BCBS was 100% coverage after meeting a $250 deductible. The deductible is now 4,000 and only 90% coverage.