Does Cooley pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Cooley employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Cooley. This rating has improved by 5% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Cooley?

56% of Cooley employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Cooley 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Cooley?

Associate (66) , Legal Secretary (21) , Paralegal (11) , Practice Team Assistant (10) , Associate Attorney (8) , Marketing Assistant (7) , Patent Agent (7) , Attorney (6) , Conflicts Analyst (5) , Marketing (4) , Associate Lawyer (3) , Legal Assistant (3) , Legal Assistant/Paralegal (3) , Manager (3) , Marketing Specialist (3)

What are the pros of working at Cooley according to real employee reviews?

"Great people in the marketing/bd department" ((in 50 reviews)); "Cool clients and good culture" ((in 34 reviews)); "The provide great benefits and have supportive management" ((in 22 reviews)); "Good pay" ((in 19 reviews)); "Good salary and place of work" ((in 14 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Cooley according to real employee reviews?

"Long hours and long nights" ((in 17 reviews)); "Staff management also just doesn't support the staff at all" ((in 14 reviews)); "Little to no work life balance" ((in 7 reviews)); "There are too many directors and too many managers." ((in 5 reviews)); "Long hours (same for any law firm)." ((in 4 reviews))

What are employees saying about Cooley layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Cooley layoffs and their outlook for job security at Cooley in 2026.

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3.9

56% would recommend to a friend

(380 total reviews)

Joe Conroy

87% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

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4.5

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.3

Senior management

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

Jul 1, 2023

great people

Patent agent

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great people to work with

Cons

high stress and burn out

3.0

Jun 23, 2023

Legal Secretary

Legal secretary

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most attorneys are great to work with.

Cons

Cooley culture is starting to turn like other big firms. Caring only about becoming a larger firm. They are letting good talent walk away while bad talent remain.

1.0

Jun 22, 2023

Sharp elbowed, passive aggressive snakes

Associate attorney

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good money but that’s any big law gig

Cons

No work life balance (big law norm). Fake, passive aggressive, sharp elbowed attorneys abound, especially in the upper ranks. End of year reviews are not a true metric and feedback given doesn’t appear to correlate with those who were laid off. Disproportionately laid off Asian people, women, and POCs generally. Partners year after year were overwhelmingly white and male, which was directly reflected in the aforementioned layoffs. Continues to make decisions to increase partner profits like deferring incoming associates.

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