Pay was insultingly low - Think Twice Before You Join Kennedys Employee Review

1.0
24 Jan 2022
Recommend
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Pros

- The advanced system they purchased from the system provider was good and extended enough to help with my daily work.

Cons

- Pay was insultingly low. The partners saved every single penny refusing to increase pay for 2-3 years despite good performance review. In other words, what you contributed to the firm was not worth an extra penny. Before I accepted the offer and started with the firm, they even wanted to lower my pay by £150/month in order to meet their save-every-single-penny needs. To save cost, they even suggested folding some client-bound legal documents in a smaller cheaper envelop than a big one that would fit documents unfolded. Was that a way of showing professionalism of the firm? - Staff were impolite and rude. - Hierarchy did exist. The partners insulted supporting staff from time to time.

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5.0
19 Jun 2025
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Pros

- Amazing office manager - Amazing colleagues who help and stay long late when needed - Attorneys are great to with for and are very helpful

Cons

- Bathrooms, especially those in female restroom, could use more soap. Otherwise, amazing place to work and no cons.

4.0
27 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Your experience in Defense group is highly dependent on who your managing partner is. Good work-life balance. Manageable case load. Fellow associates generally nice and willing to help. Secondment program allows you to take a week long work trip to another Kennedys office anywhere in the globe and learn about foreign legal system. Depending on your team, you can handle some really interesting cases that even go outside of ID realm.

Cons

Support staff sucks. Management doesn't want to invest in support staff. Pay is not the best. NY firm is a bit siloed. Its still ID work so it can get miserable at times. Sometimes firm culture can be a bit catty - lots of people talking behind your back and you gotta watch what you say to certain folks.

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