Bigger not Better - Legal Secretary Dentons Employee Review

2.0
24 May 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Midtown locations convenient to multiple subway lines. Free breakfast on Mondays.

Cons

Like the old locker room measurement of success. Staff still treated like plastic utensils. Staff layoffs happening and more to come while some work for 6 or 7 and some newly hired partners luxuriate in a 1:1 setting. Also raises and/or bonuses are paid in mid April for prior year. If you leave before that time you miss out any bonus and back pay you may have earned. Disability benefits are below par in NY area (and probably the country as far as law firms go). Below average vacation/sick time for new hires. Firm systems have been upgraded but still unable to handle the volume. Every other email is about billing and collecting.

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5.0
3 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Everybody there cared about working together, no ambushing, The pay was great, hours and workload manageable, I loved this firm and would go back in a heartbeat! Shout out to IT and the Assistants - their cooperation is on the next level of the "united means success" the firm enjoys.

Cons

I didn't experience or hear about any in my 5 months there, and I was on-site 4-5 days a week. I only left because I needed to care for my Covid-stricken only child.

4.0
25 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people to work with.

Cons

Too much work and too little salary.

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