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"Rewarding work, Work life balance" (in 24 reviews)
"Diverse work environment, supportive colleagues" (in 37 reviews)
"work-life balance is pretty chanlleging" (in 45 reviews)
"A little bit long hours (930 am - 10" (in 76 reviews)
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
Good peers with benefits and work life balance
Cons
Restructuring issues with high turn over rates
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
colleagues are nice and fun to work with
Cons
nothing changes from years of input
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Great team poor leadership
18 Jul 2022 - Business Development ExecutiveRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great team spirit, respectful of working hours
Cons
Poor management and leadership styles
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Salary and benefits are decent
Cons
Culture can be toxic for many
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Pros
Nice people and working environment. Good international exposure.
Cons
Nothing in particular, just the ins and outs of being in the private legal sector.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Selfish partners and selfish team
11 Apr 2022 - Associate Lawyer in SingaporeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Big brand so good benefits.
Cons
Partners are selfish and just care about themselves. No team work. But could just be an issue with that partner.
- Current Employee★★★★★
They are simply the best employer! Ever!
22 Feb 2022 - Anonymous EmployeeRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Very good platform for full legal service.
Cons
Workload is quite heavy though.
- Current Employee, more than 8 years★★★★★
Pros
- Focuses on its people and the development needs of their people to progress
Cons
- Reactive rather than proactive in identifying the development needs / concerns faced by its people.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
A ton of exposure to new technologies.
Cons
Communication of direction sometimes gets truncated
- Current Employee★★★★★
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Top tier work, depending on the partner.
Cons
Consistently low firm morale, across departments.
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Baker McKenzie has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,194 reviews left anonymously by employees. 80% of employees would recommend working at Baker McKenzie to a friend and 71% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months.
80% of Baker McKenzie employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Baker McKenzie 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.
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