Cooley reviews

3.9

56% would recommend to a friend

(380 total reviews)

Joe Conroy

87% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

Cooley has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 380 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cooley employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Legal industry (3.8 stars).

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380 reviews
4.0
May 14, 2013

Fast paced work with smart people

Anonymous employee
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Pros

You get to work with lots of very smart people with very exciting clients in the high tech sector.

Cons

Work is very fast paced and people can be very demanding. Also, the firm seems pretty cheap a lot of the time. For example, bonuses tend to be at or below market and things like IT infrastructure seems inadequate and/or slow. Work style varies a lot based on who you managed by.

5.0
Mar 12, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Good people, highly respected firm, opens doors to interesting law careers. The work can be interesting but can also be boring, just depends. Some interesting tech clients. Good out of office culture.

Cons

Having to bill in 6 minute increments is a fact of life in big law firms. Bummer.

5.0
Dec 13, 2012

Great firm!

Anonymous employee
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Business Outlook

Pros

Great smart people Great clients

Cons

Big firm politics have taken over

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