Nov 20, 2023
Venable LLP reviews
3.6
49% would recommend to a friend
Stuart Ingis
78% approve of CEO
47% positive business outlook
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1.0
Nov 17, 2023
Poor Management and Admin Culture
Former employee, more than 3 years
San Francisco, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Nice location / view and a few great partners and associates.
Cons
-Bad culture in litigation, lots of toxic attorneys and staff. -No work-life balance. LAAs pride themselves off of working weekends and being online until 11PM.... -LAAs are very catty and team up on one another. -Lack of understanding from management, horrible work distribution (some LAAs working much harder than others) and management is quite clueless as to what actually goes on in the office. Toxic LAAs that suck up to management. -CEO does not care about staff at all. -No upword mobility, they want life long LAAs that do not push boundaries. -Most of the attorneys I spoke to say that Venable pretends to be a "lifestyle" firm when it is not. -Lack of real diversity, attorneys and management are mostly white while LAAs are mostly asian, forming alliances with those only that are asian. -No flexibility with timing, work from home days, appointments, etc...
2.0
Oct 25, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Venable is a reputable firm with many wonderful partners and is a leader in many of its practice group areas. This allows for the opportunity to gain exposure to interesting client work at a fast paced environment for competitive pay.
Cons
The culture is toxic and anyone who is at the associate or paralegal or analyst level, particularly doing non-legal or consulting work, is in for a thankless time of long hours, questionable treatment of employees, HR issues that get explained away or swept under the rug, and ultimately anyone who is talented or motivated enough to land a job here deserves to be somewhere else.
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