DREADFUL PLACE TO WORK - Attorney Sheeley Employee Review

1.0
Mar 25, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

There are no pros to working here.

Cons

Everything about working here is a con, including the managing partner asking associates (and partners) to write positive reviews on here with a latent threat of being fired if they don't. As you can see, it has worked ! People generally do not last here more than a year, and most leave because of the way the firm is managed and because the managing partner is crazy, aggressive, erratic, and really, not a very talented lawyer. When I was with the firm, he came back from Court every day while on trial bragging about how he was KILLING the other side, and then lost to the tune of $1M plus. I never saw him do anything impressive or skillful, other than lure clients with the promise of concert or sports tickets. He has that down real well. The turnover rate for such a small firm is horrible-they have had close to 20 attorneys leave in a two year time period, which, for a firm the size of this one (small), is really bad and very telling. The rest of the partners are okay, but are really just glorified associates anyway. The emphasis here is 100 % on billing and you are only worth your hours billed. If you have any type of talent, don't waste it here.

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Sheeley Response
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Hello, We are disappointed to hear that you’ve had a negative experience with our company, however, we do have reason to suspect you may be an individual who was terminated from the company due to your own actions. However, we never want to leave things on bad terms! Recently, we have offered our team members the opportunity to leave a review using a QR code for their ease of access, however, in full transparency, the email was as follows: “Would you be interested in posting a comment on Glass Door and Indeed about your experience here at the firm? To make it easy, you can use your mobile device, open the camera, and point at the attached QR code. This will bring you directly to the site where you can post your comments. If you have anything negative that you would like to address, please bring the issue to me to discuss further such that I can try and resolve prior to making the post. We would like the post to be an accurate reflection of what it’s like to be a part of this firm. Thanks for everything.” Our goal was to offer our team members the opportunity to reach out to management if they had any concerns or suggestions, so we may best integrate them into the firm moving forward. We also hoped to give our team members the opportunity to share their experiences on a review platform for potential employees. As can be seen, there was no threat, latent or otherwise in the interactions. Once again, we are deeply saddened to part ways on negative terms, and always strive to improve our business for our clients and team members. We are disappointed that our email may have been misconstrued, but we never intended to make anyone feel pressured or uncomfortable, simply make our team aware of this opportunity. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

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