Orrick Reviews
Updated Apr 15, 2020
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"Great location and good benefits" (in 14 reviews)
"Really great people - very smart and very nice" (in 12 reviews)
"Long hours and tight turnarounds on deadlines can be stressful, but are offered a lot of PTO" (in 14 reviews)
"Your mileage may vary when it comes to the culture of a particular practice group or the personality of the partner(s) you work most closely with" (in 6 reviews)
"Great Company!"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Orrick full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great working environment and co-workers!
Cons
There are none at this time...
Orrick2020-03-22"Good for BigLaw but still BigLaw"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Orrick full-time for more than a year
Pros
Modern offices, laid back environment (relatively, compared to other BigLaw firms), good pay and benefits.
Cons
Experience really depends on your manager, can be negative if you don't work on the right team. Expectation to work long hours. Everything is geared toward rainmakers and superstar partners. Even if it's not always the best idea, they ultimately call the shots. Lots of brown-nosing and being fake.
Orrick2020-04-16"-"
I have been working at Orrick full-time
Pros
Great culture and remote working encouraged
Cons
Hours are biglaw hours oftentimes.
Orrick2020-01-31"Great for some, not for most"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Orrick full-time for more than a year
Pros
Great, high-profile cases; good benefits; some great staff and attorneys.
Cons
Long hours; no work life balance, lots of favoritism and elitism.
Continue readingOrrick2020-02-18"Great exposure to modern legal issues and great work/life balance"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Orrick full-time for less than a year
Pros
Very friendly people from the paralegals and support staff to the senior partners, many opportunities to get involved with legal matters of interest, small summer class so more attention to individual summer associates. I find that the work reflects the emerging economy of tech/innovation. This is a great place to get a preview of what legal questions will be affecting global commerce in the coming decades. Most of all, the work/life balance is fantastic. There were only a handful of times where I felt like I should work beyond 5pm, which is quite rare in the legal world. I could go on. Truly a great firm to spend a summer at.
Cons
Maybe they could offer more office perks like snacks, etc. given that that is the trend. Other than that, sometimes the workload was a lot—but not surprising for this line of work.
Continue readingOrrick2019-11-04- Helpful (1)
"Just be prepared"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Orrick full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Friendly people Great benefits
Cons
Management in some departments is bad HR sugar coats everything and is not proactive for complaints
Continue readingOrrick2019-09-01 "Great Place to Work!"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Orrick full-time for more than a year
Pros
Friendly, family-oriented organization with top-notch talent.
Cons
I can't think of any.
Orrick2019-06-03"Great place to work!"
I worked at Orrick full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Nice people - fun place to work
Cons
Can be long hours - it's still Biglaw
Orrick2019-03-21- Helpful (2)
""Great Place to Work" for some"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Orrick full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Great location and good benefits. They have good community outreach and pro-bono programs, and great diversity and inclusion program.
Cons
Communication from the top management dwindled after the new CEO took over and the senior management seemed very exclusive with very little transparency. The communication used to be town hall style and very inclusive with video connection to all offices with the old CEO, but the new one only seemed to want to communicate via email.
Orrick2019-03-10 - Helpful (6)
"I liked my Job, but boss was a bully. HR disregarded my issues with bully"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Orrick full-time for more than a year
Pros
most of people were nice to work with
Cons
harbored bully and denied problem
Continue readingOrrick2019-03-27