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Copyright Office

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Really nice people, but underutilized - Attorney Advisor Copyright Office Employee Review

3.0
Jan 6, 2026
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Pros

Colleagues are almost universally incredibly nice and generous people. Great work/life balance with very 9-5 hours generally—and any work beyond that in a day goes toward extra vacation time. Pretty phenomenal in the legal field. Not allowed to work on government holidays and encouraged strongly not to work or even check email when on vacation time.

Cons

Most junior-level attorneys are extremely underutilized. Lots of micromanagement from higher-ups but little substantive supervisory involvement throughout early project stages. This results in redoing a lot of work unnecessarily after significant time has been put in (like months of work). Some supervisors are not open to hearing different legal opinions, which can make junior attorneys feel disengaged. There is also a culture of sharing information only within the supervisor circle and not with all attorneys.

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5.0
Apr 27, 2021
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Scheduling flexibilities, diverse workforce, all federal holidays

Cons

Have to work hard to keep veteran staff motivated

1.0
Jan 17, 2019
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent leave. Flexible schedules. Good transit, health, dental, and vision benefits. Pension and 401k.

Cons

This government agency has a terrible management culture. They are well known for arbitrary decision making when it comes to hiring, promotions, and retention. Nepotism is an issue that has not been adequately dealt with. Members of the same family have been hired into the same office together. Even relations as close as mother and son. Management is also known to blacklist individuals that they themselves have hurt professionally in order to cover themselves. This makes the staff have very bad morale. Current management makes decisions that only increase the backlog of claims. It stands at 18 months, which is completely unacceptable.

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