Simpson Thacher reviews

office Culture not inviting, not many opportunities for growth

Leadership of Legal Personnel office in NYC is incompetent and unprofessional. For a first-rate firm like STB, it should really do better. Branches (e.g., Palo Alto and DC) also inferior to HQ. Partners there are not as good, and neither are the associates. What's even more annoying and is problematic across the firm is that associates get compensated and are given tasks to oversee other projects based on seniority. The problem is that most of these people have very poor management and people skills. So if you worked for 5-10 years prior to going to law school and you show up at Simpson, you're going to have to regularly answer to pimple-faced 25-year-olds who have no idea how to run a team. Yet these inexperienced professionals are authorized by Simpson to make you stay in the office till the wee hours and away from your family, sometimes because it's necessary, but often because they have no idea what they're doing. It's an incredibly stupid system. Entrepreneurship and creativity are not rewarded here, nor are business development skills. Even for those who believe in hard work, you quickly realize that you're doing a thankless job.