No progression or career structure for paralegals - Corporate Paralegal DLA Piper Employee Review

1.0
Feb 15, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, great canteen, training courses opportunities

Cons

awful pay for paralegals with no career progression. DLA constantly recruit externally and not internally - therefore do not value their internal employees and give them nothing to work towards.

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DLA Piper Response
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Thank you, we welcome all feedback and are committed to hearing your suggestions. We're continuously striving for improvement and appreciate you highlighting an area that perhaps needs some further attention. We're continually working to create a rewarding and promising workplace for all of our employees.

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Cons

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Cons

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