London centric and too much spin at senior management level. - Anonymous employee DLA Piper Employee Review

1.0
Mar 23, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Lovely department. Friendly atmosphere and good working conditions. Has a really community/family feel when you are in your own department and in the regional offices. IT and IT support is excellent.

Cons

Too London centric. All senior management based in London. They never venture to other UK offices and you’re just a number. It wasn’t like that under Nigel Knowles - the current CEO isn't a patch on him and acts like a dictator. HR is in chaos and there is a high turnover of staff who are dissatisfied with current leaders. Management is constantly sending emails that are spinning the truth. No honesty and many previously loyal and long serving staff leaving. Quite a lot of bullying at management level and they do not care for their staff. It's all a pretence. Worse law firm I've ever worked for in that respect.

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5.0
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Cons

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