DLA Piper as a firm - Anonymous employee DLA Piper Employee Review
5.0
1 Aug 2017
Anonymous employee
Current employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
The biggest pro of the firm is its culture and how everyone is made to feel valuable and part of a team working towards a common objective.
Cons
The biggest con of the firm is, as a global law firm, the difficulty in ensuring consistent quality across its network of relationship firms.
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Cons
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- Excellent pay and benefits
- Flexibility with the hybrid schedule (depending on your practice group)
- Easy to build community with other assistants and paralegals
Cons
- Easy to fall into burnout due to understaffing in assistant/paralegal positions
- Be prepared for an unexpectedly higher or lower workload at any point.
- D.C. location is particularly strict about the hybrid expectations
- A bit disorganized as a whole when it comes to onboarding and training for your particular practice group.