Does Venable LLP pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Venable LLP employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Venable LLP. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Venable LLP?

49% of Venable LLP employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Venable LLP 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Venable LLP?

Associate (23) , Legal Administrative Assistant (16) , Legal Assistant (9) , Practice Group Assistant (7) , Associate Attorney (6) , Attorney (6) , Legal Secretary (5) , Paralegal (5) , Analyst (4) , Partner (4) , Administrative (2) , Billing Coordinator (2) , Counsel (2) , Litigation Paralegal (2) , Staff Attorney (2)

What are the pros of working at Venable LLP according to real employee reviews?

"Great people to work with" ((in 28 reviews)); "good pay and benefits if you are one of their pets" ((in 17 reviews)); "The pay was decent for my job." ((in 16 reviews)); "good work life balance" ((in 10 reviews)); "Good work environment and culture" ((in 8 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Venable LLP according to real employee reviews?

"Failure for executive leadership to land clients lead to significant amount of billable hours filed as "business development," reducing analyst utilization and thus decreased bonus." ((in 6 reviews)); "Many of the attorneys like to pretend the support staff doesn't exist, like an Indian caste system." ((in 5 reviews)); "Specific individuals contribute to a highly abusive work environment, and leadership does very little to curb the behavior." ((in 3 reviews)); "Lack of diversity, poor communication between associates and partners" ((in 3 reviews)); "Long hours; not enough staff" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Venable LLP layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Venable LLP layoffs and their outlook for job security at Venable LLP in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Venable LLP locations?

Washington , Baltimore , New York , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Century City , Tysons Corner , Fairfax , Columbia , Towson , Silver Spring , Timonium , Chicago

Venable LLP reviews

3.6

49% would recommend to a friend

(199 total reviews)

Stuart Ingis

78% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

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Venable LLP has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 199 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Venable LLP 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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199 reviews

2.0

Jan 20, 2024

Venable Blue... Toxic environment, decent pay

Analyst

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Pros

This review is for the Venable Blue division and not of Venable as a law firm. Decent pay, helpful coworkers, nice offices

Cons

Management sells you a lie when you join, but you soon discover that you've been dumped into a toxic environment. Top management is emotional and like to use fear as a motivator. They hire managers who are unqualified and help to further maintain the culture of treating people like dirt (unless you're one of the blatant favorites, who are promoted regularly and often at the expense of others). Overall there is an air of dictatorship and towing the line is the order of the day.

4.0

Jan 9, 2024

Great work life balance

Associate

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Great work life balance for big law

Cons

Comp is low compared to other similar sized firms

5.0

Nov 30, 2023

Great firm. Great people.

Associate attorney

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Great work environment for a "big law" firm. Flexible hybrid work schedule. Billing "target" of 1900 hours.

Cons

Pay is slightly less than other big law firms, but the tradeoff is a more flexible schedule and less rigid hours expectation. Unlikely to be an equity partner, but non-equity partnership is effectively guaranteed given enough high-quality work and time.

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