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 27 reviews)); "good pay and benefits if you are one of their pets" ((in 21 reviews)); "The pay was decent for my job." ((in 13 reviews)); "good work life balance" ((in 10 reviews)); "The salaries are decent." ((in 9 reviews))

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

"The culture is toxic and anyone who is at the associate or paralegal or analyst level, particularly doing non" ((in 7 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)); "Venable treats their support staff and paralegals like scum." ((in 4 reviews)); "Long hours; not enough staff" ((in 4 reviews)); "Specific individuals contribute to a highly abusive work environment, and leadership does very little to curb the behavior." ((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

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Venable LLP

Venable LLP reviews

3.6

49% would recommend to a friend

(199 total reviews)

Stuart Ingis

78% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.4

Culture & values

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Senior management

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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Reviews by job title

199 reviews

4.0

Sep 14, 2015

Associate

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good culture, laid back, opportunity for associates to litigate

Cons

pay not great, staffing on cases varies widely

4.0

Sep 10, 2015

Administration Legal including Microsoft programs & Databases

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

There are teams which work well together,

Cons

Then, there are teams who do not no work together, or push their work off onto other people....

5.0

Aug 25, 2015

Great firm

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very professional firm and employees

Cons

Long hours for some groups of the firm

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