Think Carefully- Has Potential to be a great place - Associate Kennedys Employee Review

3.0
3 Sept 2024
Recommend
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Pros

International scope but quickly goes away of your manager is parochial in thinking

Cons

Management micro but no management. Frequently going off to lunch which they try to infer is business development. Do little to no work. Take ownership of all associates efforts and then bully them if they make a mistake. It can be a very toxic environment.

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5.0
19 Jun 2025
Recommend
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Pros

- Amazing office manager - Amazing colleagues who help and stay long late when needed - Attorneys are great to with for and are very helpful

Cons

- Bathrooms, especially those in female restroom, could use more soap. Otherwise, amazing place to work and no cons.

4.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Your experience in Defense group is highly dependent on who your managing partner is. Good work-life balance. Manageable case load. Fellow associates generally nice and willing to help. Secondment program allows you to take a week long work trip to another Kennedys office anywhere in the globe and learn about foreign legal system. Depending on your team, you can handle some really interesting cases that even go outside of ID realm.

Cons

Support staff sucks. Management doesn't want to invest in support staff. Pay is not the best. NY firm is a bit siloed. Its still ID work so it can get miserable at times. Sometimes firm culture can be a bit catty - lots of people talking behind your back and you gotta watch what you say to certain folks.

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