awful - Anonymous employee Freshfields Employee Review

1.0
Aug 11, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

intelligent co-workers, great on the cv, top deals

Cons

management couldn't care less about the prospects of associates/stress levels/enormous working hours and the attrition rate is extremely high for associates - almost no chance of making partner and even if you do - they have forcefully removed huge numbers of equity partners some of whom are still there and angry

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