If you are paralegal / Admin staff then avoid this place! - Graduate Paralegal Stephensons Solicitors Employee Review

- Redunacy chosen over peoples jobs! Firm decided to start redundancy process before furlough ended as they wanted to keep profits over people. When someone suggested a company wide pay cut this was shot down as senior colleagues cared more about their higher wages and bonuses rather than saving jobs of the lower paid colleagues (paralegals / admin staff - Very poor training - told to watch videos then thrown into the deep end. Department manager and senior staff don't help with training. They expect you to do it on your own, Very high staff turnover. A lot of paralegal have left my department because of the cons mentioned here. - Very poor pay (even compared to other firms which are much smaller with less revenue). - No pay increase or yearly bonuses. Expected to stay on same wage and talking about pay during work makes management unhappy. - No opportunity to progress career unless you are solicitor. Firm is very selective on this which means you could be working as a paralegal for decades without getting a training contract. - More time is spent answering colleagues phones rather than getting own work done. - Unappreciated by management often, management tends to take credit for all of your hard work. - Very high department targets which are never met as directors have set unreasonably high targets. - Department management are told info which is kept as a secret from other colleagues. This leads to a game of Chinese whispers. - Poor parking - told we got free parking but only told when you arrive on your first day that you are not allowed to park at the office. You have to park 20 minutes away at a retail park. - Department manager takes credit for all the work and any changes you recommend. No credit is give to paralegals / admin staff and sometimes even solicitors.