Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Reviews
Updated Jan 17, 2021
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Approve of CEO
Eric Friedman
81 Ratings
Pros
"Collegial environment and kind support staff, very encouraging of pro bono work" (in 18 reviews)
"Great people that I worked with" (in 15 reviews)
Cons
"There are long hours and billables" (in 55 reviews)
"Difficult to maintain work-life balance" (in 29 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
Pros
Verry nice pay an nice hq
Cons
No cons just , and only perfection
- Helpful (1)
"Low billable requirement for big law"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom full-time for more than a year
Pros
only 1800 billable hours for bonus, and lower thresholds for partial bonuses; unlimited pro bono count towards cap
Cons
focus on pro bono is not universal; lack of uniform mentoring/work distribution; lack of women and diversity higher up
Continue reading "Decent experience"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
cool cases, cool people, lots of different departments to work with
Cons
hours suck, under paid, management can make your life a living hell
Continue reading"Great place to work"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsApproves of CEOI have been working at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom full-time for less than a year
Pros
Countless learning opportunities from great people.
Cons
Sometimes long and unpredictable hours.
- Helpful (2)
"They’ll phase you out"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom full-time
Pros
Big law experience on resume
Cons
Little work/life balance, terrible pay for amount of work, no growth opportunities
Continue reading - Helpful (1)
"nothing much just checking"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
nice ambience and good salary
Cons
too much work pressure for married people
Continue reading "pretty good"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookI have been working at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom full-time
Pros
pretty good. great 5 stars
Cons
nope no cons here mate
Pros
Very professional environment with experienced attorneys
Cons
Working long hours at night.
- Helpful (1)
"Amazing Experience"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom full-time
Pros
High paced work; high profile work; great people; lots of opportunity for career advancement; market pay and bonuses; high profile clients; good diversity
Cons
very little diversity at partner level; workplace is a bit antiquated (face time requirements); long hours of course
"Good law firm to work for"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom full-time
Pros
Resources and opportunities, great place to learn to practice law.
Cons
Partners push you really hard, vacations aren't really respected.
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