Toxic company - Anonymous employee Reed Smith Employee Review

1.0
Jan 4, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is not bad (just slightly below market rate)

Cons

Very toxic culture - long hours, micro-managing partners, mean colleagues, blame culture, associates bullying each others (also trainees and paralegals), secretaries making things up about others etc

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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