★
Ropes & Gray Reviews
Updated May 19, 2023
Filter by Topic
Remote Work
Work Life Balance
Coworkers
Career Development
Culture
Benefits
Compensation
Management
Workplace
Senior Leadership
Diversity & Inclusion
Covid 19
Clear All
Full-time, Part-time
English
Verify your email to use filters. Having problems? Resend email
Found 359 of over 383 reviews
65% Recommend to a Friend
83% Approve of CEO
Found 359 of over 383 reviews
Popular
- Popular
- Most Recent
- Highest Rating
- Lowest Rating
Recommend to a Friend
Approve of CEO
R. Bradford (Brad) Malt
132 Ratings
What are your colleagues talking about?
Find your private company bowl on Fishbowl, join the hottest conversation with your colleagues anonymously.
Top Review Highlights by Sentiment
Pros
Cons
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
Ratings by Demographics
This rating reflects the overall rating of Ropes & Gray and is not affected by filters.
Race / Ethnicity
- Race / Ethnicity
- Gender
- Sexual Orientation
- Disability
- Parent or Family Caregiver
- Veteran Status
Want more demographic options?
- Current Employee★★★★★
Great place to work
Apr 20, 2023 - Associate Attorney in Los Angeles, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great people and interesting work
Cons
The hours can be long and stressful.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great training opportunities and colleagues.
Cons
Typical Biglaw complaints -- long hours and stress.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Good work, but limited progression
Apr 30, 2023 - Senior Asosociate in New York, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
The work is very high quality, people are "nice"
Cons
They will promise you the world to recruit you, but progression is limited. Very hard to make partner and some groups don't have the space/budget to make senior associates counsel.
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Staff role is good place to start out of college
May 2, 2023 - Office Development Assistant in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Good salary, benefits, experience, and people
Cons
Not much room for growth in the staff roles
- Former Employee★★★★★
Paralegal Management Sucks
Apr 11, 2023 - Paralegal in Boston, MARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Top-ranked law firm in Boston's Back Bay. Also, if you're not going to law school just know that you can double your salary and cut your hours in half if you went to work literally anywhere else. I left after 6 months and it was the firm's biggest pro.
Cons
Apart from standard Big Law stuff (i.e. hours), management is truly awful. They play favorites, micromanage, are rude and disrespectful, and partake in the petty drama among paralegals.
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Good compensation Decent benefits IT support is great
Cons
As a first year associate, I was bullied by a partner. This partner was supposed to serve as a mentor but would call first-years one after the other and berate them. Was unable to ever take an hour of "personal time"....even on the weekends and evenings. Would have to find "coverage" to even take a shower. There is "formal training" sessions but nothing is helpful for the actual work you would be doing. Upper associates do not allow you to ask questions so you're stuck not knowing what is going on ever.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great place to start your career
Apr 7, 2023 - Associate in New York, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Collegial colleagues, interesting clients, leanly staffed teams
Cons
Sometimes non-transparent; long hours (as expected)
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Love the company and what it stands for
Cons
Upper management can be questionable
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Smart people, beautiful office, inspiring work
Cons
Long hours like all big firms
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
normal work experience as paralegal
Cons
can be boring at times
Join the Ropes & Gray team
Ropes & Gray Reviews FAQs
Ropes & Gray has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 383 reviews left anonymously by employees. 65% of employees would recommend working at Ropes & Gray to a friend and 76% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -4% over the last 12 months.
65% of Ropes & Gray employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Ropes & Gray 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Ropes & Gray to be culture, career development, benefits and the cons to be work life balance, management.
Popular Careers with Ropes & Gray Job Seekers
Work at Ropes & Gray? Share Your Experiences
Ropes & Gray
Click to Rate
