Greenberg Traurig Reviews

Pros

Great opportunities, great people, if you're willing to put in the work you will be rewarded

Cons

No work/life balance; salaries/bonuses lower than other comparable firms

Advice to Senior Management

Best of luck - associates need personal lives to be able to sustain

Pros

Not overly supervised. Good hours.

Cons

Terrible HR communication and/or benefits and bonus.

Advice to Senior Management

Bonus at end of year.

Pros

The group in which I work has very good leadership and is supportive of the staff. This doesn't happen within all the groups/offices.

Cons

No support for staff members - HR does not advocate for staff. If staff has a problem with an attorney and goes to HR for help, staff is fired.

In the local offices no information is supplied to staff and rumors run rampant. The new CEO in NY has no regard for staff which is reflected in the local offices.

Advice to Senior Management

Support your staff and maybe turnover wouldn't be so high.

Pros

If you happen to be in an office where management is good, not a bad place to work

Cons

Atttorneys allowed to demean staff

Pros

Good 8 to 5 job as long as you keep your sanity in check.

Cons

IT senior staff has been comfortably at the realm for some time, but it's the constant backstabbing and hypocritical situations that will discourage you from staying there any longer. You don't learn from negative people.

Advice to Senior Management

Some of the senior members believe nobody is good enough for them, stop that..

Pros

Great location. Met some good people there.

Cons

Some of the staff, paralegals, secretaries, flowed with negativity.

Pros

good national clientele, opportunity to work on substantial deals, opportunities for travel and interoffice collaboration, and good mentoring if you're one of the lucky ones

Cons

total lack of transparency in compensation formula, what it takes to advance, mentoring is hit or miss depending on who you get

Advice to Senior Management

Don't become an old-school firm and lose the spirit of entrepreneurialism that attracted many talented people. Don't grow so fast you don't know (really know) who you're acquiring.

Pros

work/life balance and support of partners

Cons

pay and management communication to associates

Advice to Senior Management

improve in salary communication

Pros

Tons of responsibility early on, collaborative environment, exceptionally deep and wide knowledge base covering nearly all areas of law, not a face time firm, partners respectful of associates' time and lives.

Cons

Tons of responsibility early on.

Advice to Senior Management

Love the transparency in the associate review process.

Pros

Cutting edge technology; good top-down communication (sometimes repetitively); encourages creative thinkers and teamwork; beautiful offices; extra perks like weekly donuts and coffee carts

Cons

BIG egos in the partner ranks; attorney doors are more often than not closed (literally and figuratively-speaking); secretive; office layout not conducive to integration; penny pinching

Advice to Senior Management

Put your people first and the money will follow.