Perkins Coie Reviews

Pros

Hard work is recognized and rewarded. Perkins is probably one of the many law firms with some of the nicest attorneys and staff.

Cons

Poor management and leadership. Inefficiency is sometimes promoted unknowingly.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't be so rigid, be flexible sometimes. Sometimes what's new isn't a bad thing.

Pros

Better than nothing and the experience was tolerable.
 Compensation is o.k., but no redeeming qualities. Adequate in every respect and decent pay. Nothing that would merit consideration over other employers, however.

Cons

Tiresome, bureaucratic, and an all around hassle to work for. Not a place where people are valued. You are commodity and nothing more.

Advice to Senior Management

You can try to conceal the arrogance and disdain you have for the peons, but you're not fooling anyone. The firm is ruled by fear. Of course, this is a law firm, so there's nothing out of the ordinary here.

Pros

Cafeteria is the only good perk

Cons

People were very rude and incompetent

Advice to Senior Management

Get some competent managers

Pros

Decent pay, fair bosses, great educational benefits and the company invests in it's employees. Employee ideas are heard and valued by upper management and partners.

Cons

Technology tends to lag behind the general population, less competent employees are given the benefit of the doubt and then some before being released, some partners are very angry people but this is normal with attorneys.

Advice to Senior Management

I think they have followed the advice given by employees to reorganize certain departments. One thing they need to do is be vigilant about not letting things stagnate again like they did in the early 2000's. Keep on top of technology and move with the times, don't be afraid to make mistakes.

Pros

Opportunities for advancement within the firm
I received a raise quickly after asking

Cons

People can be passive-aggressive
Communication between staff members is lacking

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work

Pros

Firm is doing well financially

Cons

No onglong employee training or career development. Staff are treated much different than attorneys. No clear strategies.

Advice to Senior Management

Get in touch

Pros

As an analyst you get to work on a breadth of different technologies. They are big enough to work on mainstream technologies.

Cons

Management tends to focus on working on the immediate partner or busines group needs but doesn't spend enough time on upgrading or fixing the old infrastructure.

Advice to Senior Management

Trust your people. Listen to their recommendations. Keep them in the loop. Help us talk to the business side of the house to determine the appropriate scope.

Pros

Full time work week is 37.5 hours. Anything over this is considered overtime. Employee cafeteria with subsidized food. Subsidized bus pass. Free pop.

Cons

Staff and attorneys treated completely different. Salary seems to be below other firms. No jeans allowed even on a casual Fridays.

Advice to Senior Management

Try and not make staff feel like second class citizens. Attorneys would not survive without the support of the staff.

Pros

The billable hours requirement at Perkins Coie is much lower than it is at top tier law firms and associates are given the option of working remotely on a regular basis.

Cons

Perkins Coie doesn't do "bet the company" type of legal work, so it is difficult to gain high quality experience at the firm.
The reputation of Perkins Coie is not very strong in the legal marketplace so the opportunities to go in-house are limited.

Advice to Senior Management

The lack of integrity of firm management has been noticed by the staff.

Pros

Always helpful staff that give a lot of support.

Cons

Some partners are very rude and substandard in providing legal service with low legal morality. Some always try to overstaff and then overbill the clients. The work is draining out in my office and the firm has been quietly let people go.

Advice to Senior Management

None.