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
Mar 19, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The lawyers treat staff as respected and competent partners in the business. Functions such as Marketing, Communication, Information Technology, etc. attract talented people. The firm, and firm leadership, truly does have its heart in the right place. Diversity and work/life balance are important to the firm. Until the current economic crunch hit, the firm supported professional development at a significant level - hopefully that will happen again in the future.

Cons

Leadership cares more about appearance then substance. Comparisons to peer firms in publications like Am Law are more important that the actual profitability of each office or practice group. The accomplishments of non-lawyers are undervalued.

3.0
Jan 10, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people that work there (for the most part - see below) are great.

Cons

Management - hard to believe that some of the people that are picked as leaders remain leaders.

3.0
Dec 26, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They gave me a job. They are diversified and likely won't go under like some other firms that have disintegrated recently. The are relatively open compared with other firms, having quarterly town hall meetings, although the value of this is less than meets the eye. It's more like information and not knowledge.

Cons

Health insurance is VERY expensive. Too much bureaucracy. The nickel and dime about important things but throw money away on things that provide no value. Can take forever to get approval to get anything done or anything purchased. Near sourcing to Wheeling has not been very successful, but that's Ralph's baby so you dare not criticize it.

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