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3.9

63% would recommend to a friend

(266 total reviews)
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William R. Dougherty

100% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

Simpson Thacher has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 266 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Simpson Thacher 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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266 reviews
5.0
May 21, 2016

Associate

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Smart colleagues and collegial environment. High quality work with great benefits. Not too much FaceTime and vacations are usually respected. Great summer associate program.

Cons

Like many big law firms not much insight into future prospects.

3.0
Apr 26, 2016

Receptionist

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The benefits were pretty decent.

Cons

It's a very corporate environment which I was not used to. That's a personal preference though.

3.0
Mar 22, 2016

normal big law

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

people are generally friendly, no shouting of screaming even in the fact of mistakes. cafeteria chocolate chip cookies are fabulous

Cons

long hours, very unpredictable workload (I was a corporate associate) especially for weekends, always on call, Very low tech environment at the time hardly any prospects to make it partner

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