Poor experience - Associate Duane Morris Employee Review

I had a negative experience working here. I can only speak of London but it is very top heavy - hardly any associates in each team. The firm does not pay well or have good benefits. A lot of people have left in the last few years and were not replaced as there isn't much work. There is not a lot of benefit to being an associate at this firm - low pay, no training, not a lot of work, no involvement in BD, and ultimately the partners just don't care about your development. The US does not care about London, I worked in corporate and hardly did any cross-border work with other offices. The London office is not high performing and receives a lot of low level work. There doesn't seem to be a strategy for growth or improvement, partner hires seem random and there are no big teams - Duane Morris in London isn't well known for anything and is not full service. The culture is poor - low pay and few benefits has that effect. For a small office there was also a lot of nepotism which will always negatively impact culture.