Goodwin Reviews

Management has been laser-focused on increasing revenue YoY by double digits and has ignored its serious morale problem. Management panicked in April when COVID hit and immediately laid off 60+ members of its prof. staff and several lawyers rather than exploring other cost-saving options like nearly all their competitors did. Laying off staff during a pandemic is just cruel. Goodwin will — rightly — suffer a reputational hit from that lapse of judgment.

- poor leadership: people “in charge” aren’t very knowledgeable, no strategic thinking involved in decision making. They mostly just micromanage and pretend to know what’s going on. - bad firm culture: from lack of transparency to lack of respect for “staff” employees. The only thing that matters is making the partners happy. The answer is always “yes” to the partners, regardless of the request. - salary: for the same role, some people are paid well, others are not. There’s no transparency and some candidates are lied to during the interview process about the range for the position. - advancement: horrible system for performance evaluations, deserving employees often overlooked for promotions. Less deserving employees are advanced to leadership roles (even with complaints made against them to HR). - toxic work environment: law firms can be tough, but this one is especially brutal. During your interview they will talk up the firm as if it’s this great place, but the wind will quickly leave your sails as you realize how toxic of a company it is.