Orrick reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(393 total reviews)
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Mitchell Zuklie

63% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Orrick has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 393 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Orrick 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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393 reviews
4.0
Oct 26, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Possibly the healthiest culture of all the unhealthy top law firms. Friendly, down-to-earth people. This is not a work-hard, play-hard environment - it's a work-hard-so-you-can-go-home-and-have-a-life environment. There's no pressure to stay late, just to get your work done on time. (If you're working past 8:00, you risk being seen as inefficient.) Management makes an effort to be transparent.

Cons

The culture is so "nice" that you might get nothing but good feedback and you might not find out about a problem until performance review or bonus time comes around. Your mileage may vary when it comes to the culture of a particular practice group or the personality of the partner(s) you work most closely with. Some are great managers and communicators; others are cold and difficult to please. The move to the new offices was supposed to be an upgrade, but now it means tiny shared offices for some junior associates, sad windowless rooms for others, and unforgiving glass walls for all. No matter how "healthy" the culture is comparatively, it's still BigLaw: associates are given more work than they have time to complete well, and everyone is terrified of screwing up because they feel like they have no idea what they're doing and have to finish everything in a frantic rush.

3.0
Oct 21, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

it paid well, it had decent benefits, it had many nice and decent people to work with, and there was almost always a way to make extra money working over time.

Cons

it did not have up to date hardware or software, it was hard to get equipment or other items when required, there was a lack of appreciation of the paralegal support staff.

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