Fasken reviews about "work life balance"

I have nothing bad to say.

Can get stressful but also no career growth

The company lacks A LOT of culture. Given the fully remote option, you don't get a chance to connect with people a lot and even if you're in the office, everyone's scattered and all over the place. It's extremely challenging to make friends at the Firm. Partners are extremely opinionated individuals and often times, they make you feel uncomfortable speaking up in meetings. The reporting structure is very different from other industry sectors that I've worked for (consulting, accounting, etc.), going back to to opinionated individuals, you have to go through many layers of senior management in order to push an initiative or get anything done. Project timelines get pushed to a few quarters back and also, the I.T. team was not helpful at all for the time I was there. Most of the time, they weren't friendly to me. What's worst is that the Firm does not invest in technology, I'm surprised they use such an outdated system for expenses and also for their intraweb. There are ZERO corporate perks with this company. You don't get any discounts whatsoever from the Firm. This one was a shocker to me given Fasken is one of the biggest law firms in Canada. Admin staff are also NOT entitled to bonuses, talk about being "inclusive". There is however, a Christmas bonus at the end of the year but it's peanuts compared to the bonuses given out to non-admin staff.

No growth plan for promotion

Not the most agile place, not everyone always pulls in the same direction. There's inconsistency and inefficiencies that result. The firm performs at a lower level than it could be performing at.

Toxic accounting management in the Calgary location. No work/life balance, little flexibility or support with issues.

Work Life balance Stress and pressure

Things may have changed since 2019, but the marketing division worked around the clock. The priority of pitches and files superseded employees personal time including vacation. The higher the position you were in the more time you gave to the organization. Staff below management were able to bank overtime to use later, but that was not according to middle management and ultimately all responsibilities for vacation coverage for both staff and Directors hits the middle manager. There is no work life balance, and the compensation isn't at market value for the amount of time that is put in to succeed positively.

None that I can think of at the moment