Does Akerman pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Akerman employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Akerman. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Akerman?

84% of Akerman employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Akerman 4.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.8 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Akerman?

Associate (16) , Legal Assistant (12) , Attorney (10) , Legal Administrative Assistant (9) , Paralegal (9) , Associate Attorney (7) , Litigation Paralegal (5) , Office Services Clerk (5) , Administrative Assistant (4) , Billing Specialist (3) , File Clerk (3) , Receptionist (3) , Administrative (2) , Marketing (2) , Marketing Coordinator (2)

What are the pros of working at Akerman according to real employee reviews?

"Nice people to work with" ((in 22 reviews)); "Great benefits." ((in 12 reviews)); "Work life balance and amazing group of attorneys" ((in 5 reviews)); "Good training" ((in 5 reviews)); "good salary & bonus , multicultural environment , good colleague" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Akerman according to real employee reviews?

"Management walks around with an attorney making you reluctant to approach to discuss work matters." ((in 8 reviews)); "Overall culture is disappointing to say the least." ((in 4 reviews)); "According to Glassdoors, each attorney receives a $10k annual bonus." ((in 3 reviews)); "After that, support staff are eliminated." ((in 3 reviews)); "Long hours, onerous billing requirements" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Akerman redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Akerman redundancy and their outlook for job security at Akerman in 2026.

Akerman Reviews

4.2

84% would recommend to a friend

(181 total reviews)

Scott A. Meyers

94% approve of CEO

86% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.3

Diversity and inclusion

4.0

Culture and values

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.8

Senior management

3.8

Career opportunities

3.6

Compensation and benefits

Akerman has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 181 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Akerman employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Legal industry (3.8 stars).

Reviews by job title

181 reviews

1.0

1 Feb 2018

Keep on moving :

Client development

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The office will close if it’s snowing. There was one nice person in the NY office. That’s really it. Nothing else.

Cons

Everything. They are cheap. Won’t pay for you to take a car home at 10pm, overtime meals, etc. Lunch hour is not included in compensation. The people are incredibly rude, demanding, and demeaning. Never received a kind word, and the work was not fulfilling. It was easy. They are consumed by form over substance. Learned absolutely nothing. Actually became morbidly depressed working here. There are cockroaches and they never fix anything. The building really is dumpy. You will work there for a year and never meet your team or manager if you are in a satellite office. No one will talk to you. Attorneys refuse to make eye contact with staff. Your manager won’t even wish you happy birthday. It is the worst place I’ve ever worked.

3.0

11 Jul 2018

Legal Administrative Assistant

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Great modern offices (Los Angeles), very nice coworkers, great managing partner, good location downtown, very diverse and minority and female friendly, down-to-earth feel.

Cons

The firm is basically managed by partners in Florida, and even though the offices in LA are very liberal, the powers that be in Florida are not. The health insurance plans for individuals just more than doubled, vacation is average, salaries are low (bonuses are jokingly small and both bonuses and raises are based on time not performance).

3.0

11 Jun 2020

Great firm if you’re anywhere but Houston

Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

An excellent firm. Great benefits, great access to resources. Smart attorneys. You will have people from all different offices reaching out to you when you first start, to make sure you are settling in well.

Cons

They don’t pay as high as law firms of similar status, and there were MANY layoffs due to “COVID” but, on to THE REAL ISSUE. The Houston office (one practice group in particular), is absolute Hell. Seriously, it’s not worth working at Akerman if you will have to be in the Houston office. A great firm marred by a small group of people—it’s unfortunate. 99% of the Houston office was part of a different firm before—they are all used to each other and very set in the ways of their old firm. They have not (and seem to be very reluctant to) adapted to the Akerman way/culture. They will expect you to know everything and do everything exactly how they have been doing it, without any training in that regard. And if you’re a minority, don’t even bother. Your mental health (and work) will likely suffer. There are some great people here, but overall it’s not worth it.

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