Excellent but not without faults - Anonymous employee Freshfields Employee Review

4.0
Jan 8, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good salary for paralegals, overtime given Work can be challenging - you’re not stuck doing admin tasks such as filing, making bundles ect

Cons

No career progression for paralegals - but that is to be expected Very long hours that you are expected to be available to work - almost always working 9:30am-11pm Can get political - my dealings with “paralegals” based in Manchester are that they are completely hopeless, I am stuck fixing their work most of the time. Freshfields have spent too much money establishing Manchester to ever see that it is that bad - would rather turn a blind eye than admit they are not to the standard of London employees

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