Only work here if it is your option - Anonymous employee Sheeley Employee Review

Horrible place to work top-to-bottom. For starters, like most firms it is supposedly organized as a partnership, by inference means the multitude of partners should have a say in how the firm operates. In actuality, this firm operates with one person in charge where the "partners" tacitly agree with the chief and are unwilling to voice concerns or back subordinates or even each other. Partners are themselves put into tiers where clearly there is disparity in how one is treated unless you are one of the "good-old-boys" willing to drink hard/do as the chief says. The billable hours targets in normal non-covid times are high but ludicrous during a pandemic when the majority of billable hours from an insurance defense shop comes from in-person court appearances. The firm is also very top-heavy with partners outnumbering associates, who in turn outnumber the support staff. Associates are treated poorly or as glorified paralegals (they nominally have one paralegal) where the associates are not coached/taught anything substantively and the partners have the distinct habit of contradicting each other and crucially claiming that their way is the right way and must be applied to all cases in the firm. The associate turnover is high with the majority of associates working for the firm less than a year. Support staff are treated poorly. The firm received government loans during covid and then proceeded to "furlough" and fire staff at the first opportunity. Staff faced repercussions for having to shelter-at-home due to potential covid-risk. During the pandemic and when folks were required to be in the office, several persons in the firm tested positive for covid and the leadership of the firm did nothing to address the issue. Associates and staff were still expected to come into the office.