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Found 271 of over 304 reviews
76% Recommend to a Friend
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Mark Leddy
73 Ratings
Pros
"Highly capable, friendly, and outgoing colleagues; international work environment; cutting-edge legal work" (in 13 reviews)
"Interesting work with great people" (in 10 reviews)
Cons
"Hard hours and work life balance" (in 24 reviews)
"Long hours, limited career development" (in 33 reviews)
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- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Growth is the reason for working
Cons
Low encouraging is the reason
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good work life balance is good
Cons
Salary is quite less as compared to market
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Best Company i ever worked for
9 Jun 2023 - HR Assistant in BrusselsRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- positive american mindset - so many opportunities to learn - qualitative training - processes and guidelines are clear
Cons
- some partners can be difficult
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
dehumanizing
31 Mar 2023 - Legal Administrative Assistant in New York, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
-Work is easy and some colleagues are friendly -Good PTO
Cons
-Would never recommend for non-legal staff. It's a real throwback to a time that should have been left behind decades ago—you're treated like a sub-class, and there's a rampant culture of bullying with no accountability -Even if partners review you highly, middle managers and HR go disturbingly out of their way to harass and retaliate against their staff -Despite being told at the many mandatory presentations and webinars about how financially successful the firm has been in the pandemic, pay for non-legal staff is below market rate and stagnant. Large pay raises and bonuses are quietly given to attorneys while support staff get mass layoffs. -Many employees are afraid of losing their jobs in an uncertain economy, and it's pretty sick to watch the firm exploit that by seeing how much they can get away with.
Continue reading - Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Interesting work, good exposure, gaining much experience quick, ability to cope with deadlines and pressure, delegation at a young age
Cons
Hard work, long hours and sometimes boring
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Colleagues are nice. Work is interesting.
Cons
It's big law--long hours, lack of diversity.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Great culture, cares about well being, great associate development
Cons
clients can be considered less interesting
- Former Employee★★★★★
Great Firm, No Complaints, Kick-Started my Career in Ways I Couldn't Have Imagined
1 Feb 2023 - Paralegal in New York, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
the people are fantastic, lots of ownership over work, really great teams and lots of opportunities to form relationships with partners/associates
Cons
long hours which I didn't mind at all. if you don't want to work long hours don't become a paralegal at a big law firm. long hours are not at all particular to cleary.
- Former Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Great place to get experience
2 Mar 2023 - Legal Counsel in ParisRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Amazing quality of matters and great colleagues.
Cons
Work-life balance is inconsistent. Almost no chance at senior opportunities.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Great place to work
3 Mar 2023 - Litigation Paralegal in New York, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
great resources to get stuff done
Cons
long hours but that is expected
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Cleary Gottlieb has an overall rating of 4.2 out of 5, based on over 304 reviews left anonymously by employees. 76% of employees would recommend working at Cleary Gottlieb to a friend and 74% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.
76% of Cleary Gottlieb employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Cleary Gottlieb 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.
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