Trying to get something for nothing - Anonymous employee Winstead Employee Review

1.0
10 Jul 2022
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Nice office. Good PTO. Laid back atmosphere compared to other law firms.

Cons

You will do the job of 2-3 people and getting fairly compensated is pretty much out of the question. Pay is below-average. Raises are a standard cost-of-living increase and when you try and ask for more their justification is the standard 2-3% raise. The firm is very cheap. Very common to see good employees leave because they won't negotiate a salary. Firm is cheap when it comes to employee appreciation compared to other places. Looks like firm holiday parties are being replaced with swanky attorney-only appreciation parties.

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14 Apr 2026
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
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Pros

The pay is good. I had a wonderful pair of mentors while working here, who cared about me as a person as well as a professional.

Cons

Newer partners continued to act like associates, giving away very little of their work for fear of not having enough. This made it hard to get additional work in slow times. The partners had consistent workloads, but the associates had a very small number of people who would actually provide work which made the amount of work available extremely unpredictable, instead of having multiple faucets pouring work in the associate bucket, it was really one or two partners only.

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