Does Mayer Brown pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Mayer Brown employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Mayer Brown. This rating has improved by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Mayer Brown?

68% of Mayer Brown employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Mayer Brown 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.1 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 50 reviews)); "It's great culture for big law." ((in 26 reviews)); "nice and friendly colleagues who are always ready to help" ((in 20 reviews)); "Good benefits and supporting departments" ((in 20 reviews)); "good pay sometimes no need to work late" ((in 12 reviews))

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

"long hours and difficult to take vacations" ((in 22 reviews)); "Poor management/ Staff are all lazy/ No progression" ((in 20 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)); "Deadline driven to the extent that work/life balance may suffer at times, managers are always on" ((in 2 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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3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(390 total reviews)

Jon Van Gorp

83% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.1

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

Mayer Brown has an employee rating of 3.6 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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390 reviews

4.0

Nov 10, 2014

Mayer Brown

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Use to be able to make great money and plenty of computer training

Cons

Outdated management. Most of the managers are without degrees and seem to be friends. The attorneys were pretty aggressive and the secretarial management always stood up for the attorneys behavior no matter how unprofessional it was. The firm seemed to also have a problem with diversity among its support staff. The minority secretaries were always being called in for something unfairly. There were too many secretarial supervisors to answer to.

3.0

Sep 26, 2013

Great people, strategically naive

Business analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The people at Mayer Brown are fantastic. Both in London and Chicago, the people are friendly and want to get a good job done.

Cons

There is a huge split between the treatment of fee-earning and support staff. Support staff are not seen as being drivers of the business with the skills and expertise to drive ommercial excellence. Rather they are seen (and consequently see themselves) as transational functions, that add little value to the business.

1.0

May 17, 2024

Overworked & Tired

Billing analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most of your coworkers are very nice.

Cons

-outdated/slow software -3 days in office -heavy workload -constant turnover (means more work if you stick around) -below market pay -upper mgmt is on a power trip -no growth

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