Vantaggi
You get a paycheck...so there is that.
Svantaggi
What's most surprising from reading the others reviews is the theme across various locations. Such as, divisions being created between attorney and paralegal, its a paralegal sweat shop, or even the hiring of new employees with no experience, little to no training and thrown to the wolves, if they mess up its on them and they are fired quickly. I already had experience before this firm and did not have this issue, but I saw how they set up new people to fail. The HR department is the worst I have ever dealt with. And there is a 50/50 chance they lay you off after the H-1b Cap. Attorneys will delete documents from the database to make themselves look good/lie to clients, they will change documents, and will throw any "low level employee" under the bus for their own sake, even if they signed off on it and OK'd the mistake or made the mistake themselves. Pay is okay, but for a sweat shop where you bring in $400,000 in legal fees and make under $40,000, you could at least be shown respect or acknowledge in the hallway, would really go a long way. Good chance the Partner won't know your name or who you are, even when you work in their office and see them daily, attorney's will act like you don't exist in the hallways or you are just there to bother them and prevent them from leaving early.