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They're still struggling to merge the cultures of two main offices three years after the merger.  The departments are still siloed, and some are great to work in and others you'd quit in a month.  They handle complaints extremely poorly, and the people that make them go straight to their manager without even talking to you.  So document and be prepared to defend every choice you make on whose work you prioritize. You can do it all perfectly with no complains on quality, but if you do the wrong person's work first you're gone.

Communication was just terrible.  Nobody knew what any other departments did and it took months/years to communicate policy.  This meant explaining everything individually to each person that asked, even on things that were officially changed.  To be fair, they have created committees to fix this.  But key departments that served hundreds of people didn't even have a manager on them, much less regular staff.  Intranet was supposed to be updated to reflect it all, but changes took years and there were no timelines revealed to staff on when changes were going to take place until they happened and staff were notified in a giant meeting.  If you missed the meeting, you just had to talk to people to figure out how things worked.  My last firm had charts and graphs with datapoints and deadlines for this sort of thing.  It's extremely doable, and makes a massive difference.

I thought the pay raise was worth the move to this firm, but my spouse said I was SO much happier when I left.  I basically became a different person.  I cried one day if that gives you an idea, and I've been doing this sort of thing for awhile.  I'd give it a few years and see if they get things ironed out.  There's potential, it's just not a place you want to be right now.

It's a law firm, and so the usual stresses and benefits apply.  I made up my start and end date for anonymity.

A typical workday at Stinson for a Legal Administrative Assistant means being so stressed that you feel nauseous while your supervisor sits on Facebook and makes personal calls. You will perform the duties of a Paralegal and Legal Assistant while being underpaid for both. You cannot negotiate your pay at your yearly performance review. They tell you what percent raise you will be getting, with the highest being 3%. You are expected to notify your team of LAAs if you're taking a bathroom break or walking to the water cooler to get water on Microsoft Teams. The workplace culture for attorneys seems to be pretty good. That comes at the expense of the staff, however. Staff are expected to not need anything, including training or sick days. This is because while the associates and partner's work has somewhat flexible hours, LAAs do not. They underpay staff across the board, and don't want to make staff train anyone since most people who have been there 2+ years are a hair away from quitting and hate training people. But at least you get doughnuts once a month, and the benefits are good.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Some of the people at the company are nice. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management doesn’t know what they’re doing. They don’t value their employees enough to make good hires or solve problems. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Some of the attorneys that you do the most for and that make life hardest will walk right by you without even saying hi or acknowledging your existence. A few really stuck up associates. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
You sit down to work and never get a chance to take a break ever.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It's in a nice location close to a lot of lunch spots

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Their unwillingness to train you adequately and the expectation of results after the little to no training that they had provided. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Everyone is nice until you become inconvenient to train or need help with something. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Handle ticketed issues and dealing with inconsiderate employees.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The company offers many excellent benefits to its employees.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The micromanaging is ridiculous.  The pettiness of co-workers and silly non-flexibility was WAY more stressful than the actual work!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
I think that depends upon what department you work.  The department I was assigned to had a horrible culture with respect to support staff.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The work is busy but the culture is terrible.

The work I do on most days is rather slow. I share phone calls with other firm receptionists. I take on other tasks that are given to me by other co-workers at the front desk.

I would like a job with more of a challenge and a faster paced environment. Although, this is a law firm, most communications go directly to the support people and their attorney's directly.

I enjoy working and communicating with a variety of vendors and enjoy meeting visitors and clients of the law firm.

There is no real "typical day" for me. I may be scanning documents in the Filesite system, then scanning barcodes of closed files in boxes to be sent to the warehouse or moving files from one location to the other or scanning the location of attorneys' files using our handheld scanner....
The experience I have received over the 8+ years here has been worth more than any college courses.
My managers have been the best in my employment history going back over 30 years.
Just a great company to work for if you work hard.

Stinson - Is not what it seems. Staff are treated like peasants. Only legal assistants get to work on the same floor as the attorneys. Everyone else is on different floors. So you get the full picture. Work is stressful and managers are no where around. They are so busy trying to manage other offices they do not have time to deal with issues. You are left to deal with problems. No training! Word to the wise make sure you know what you are getting into before you jump on this train.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Love the people and the overall firm takes good care of its employees!  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lots and lots and lots of work!  Good problem to have!  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very diverse and inclusionary. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Very busy but social.  I like being in the office. Can work from home but I like being with my coworkers.

I've worked for large firms and Stinson Leonard Street LLP is, by far, the best.  With 14 offices nationwide, it's amazing how when you talk with someone from another office, you don't feel like a stranger to them.  Management is very concerned about the overall happiness of its employees and that's hard to find in such a large firm.

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