Prós
- Despite being a top-tier, down-to-earth people who don't take themselves too seriously
- Partners who genuinely care about the wellbeing of their teams
- Ability to learn from some of the best and smartest lawyers in the country
- Intellectually stimulating and challenging
- Salaries starting to become more competitive
- Genuine overseas work opportunities
Contras
- Long hours (like any law firm)
- Bonus system doesn't always work (if you're the victim of write-offs out of your control)
- While partners do genuinely care about the wellbeing of their teams, the work still needs to get done. So while they're still being grateful and appreciative, they're not exactly going to say "please don't sacrifice your night/weekend to get that done", rather they'll say "thank you for sacrificing your weekend to get that done, I really appreciate it".