Toxic HR & Recruitment management. - Anonymous employee DLA Piper Employee Review

1.0
Oct 20, 2017
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Co-workers are generally nice and pleasant to work with. Offices are at a convenient location. Short working hours in HR.

Cons

HR and Recruitment departments are managed by incompetent people. It’s old fashioned and lacks vision / strategy. Terrible leadership in both teams. Complaints of sexism, bullying and racism are not taken seriously in the slightest and there are many complaints!! Firm only cares about creating a career development path and competitive salaries for fee-earners. Support staff do not matter.

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