Does Mayer Brown pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Mayer Brown employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Mayer Brown. This rating has improved by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Mayer Brown?

55% of Mayer Brown employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Mayer Brown 3.3 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Mayer Brown?

Associate (58) , Paralegal (36) , Legal Secretary (15) , Intern (11) , Litigation Paralegal (11) , Administrative Assistant (8) , Partner (8) , Summer Intern (8) , Trainee Solicitor (8) , Internship (7) , Senior Associate (7) , Stagiaire (7) , Summer Associate (6) , Associate Attorney (4) , Avocat (3)

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

"People are nice and supportive." ((in 46 reviews)); "It's great culture for big law." ((in 28 reviews)); "Good benefits and good compensation." ((in 23 reviews)); "Nice colleagues and willing to teach" ((in 21 reviews)); "good pay sometimes no need to work late" ((in 14 reviews))

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

"long hours and difficult to take vacations" ((in 23 reviews)); "Poor management/ Staff are all lazy/ No progression" ((in 18 reviews)); "Support staff barely registers to any of the attorneys until something goes wrong." ((in 6 reviews)); "If you are not firm leadership, a partner, an attorney, an associate, or a secretary, you will be abused as an employee without any regard for employee rights." ((in 4 reviews)); "end 401k bonus contribution where they provide an amount between 1%" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Mayer Brown layoffs in 2026?

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

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Mayer Brown reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(390 total reviews)

Jon Van Gorp

65% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Work/Life balance

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Culture & values

2.8

Senior management

Mayer Brown has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 390 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Mayer Brown 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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Reviews by job title

390 reviews

3.0

Nov 30, 2021

Same old firm politics

Associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary, standard NY market

Cons

Same old biglaw politics - you have to know the right people in order to get good work.

4.0

Nov 17, 2021

Good workplace

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of good coworkers and good vacation time

Cons

not a lot of internal promotions.

2.0

Nov 15, 2021

Poor and old management

Desktop support

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible working, the management doesn't really care whether you are working or not as long as there is no outages or user complaints.

Cons

Poor company management (e.g. not allow staff WFH at the beginning of COVID-19 until there is press reporting on media, mandatory staffs vaccination, deduct staff base salary during COVID-19 period). The company treats support staffs as expendables but treats lawyers as distinguished guests. The IT management is coming from business background, has poor knowledge on information technology. The management has no idea on how to run an IT department but only working as a "Helpdesk manager" like role all the time (e.g. collect users feedback, remote to user desktop). The management will always stand on users/clients' side and against company's IT policies/ security policies. He is not supporting his own staffs but against them. The management will force you to do irrelevant tasks which has no direct relationship to your role (e.g. ask a desktop support to do a business analyst role).

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Jobs at Mayer Brown

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