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So, it’s better to contact the past employees.
At this moment I can surely say that what is advertised is tip of iceberg, you can derive the rest details by getting in touch.
Notwithstanding the presence of divergent viewpoints and professional friction, it remains an environment characterized by adaptability, flexibility, and opportunities.
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There have been two senior-level partner terminations in the second half of last year which we will refrain from details of for the sake of propriety and privacy. Since then we have amended to ensure less abuse of our culture.
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Former senior associate -most of the pro firm comments are not entirely true. Was at the firm for 2 years and there wasn't much work, very low deal value transactions, that too few of them. There were more regular contract review retainer work . This is genuine info.
This chain only highlights one-side of a larger issue. From what I know, two ex-▮▮▮ partners joined and were let go of within weeks for not doing much work, or misrepresenting the work they were doing for the firm. Not surprised that they are spreading these lies. Funniest is, one of these ex-partners still represent to be working with the firm when they left a few months ago.
The firm takes into consideration your preferences, strengths and weakness, while allocating work. You can also request if you want to take up new nature of assignments.
Coming to work culture - The people at Verist are very understanding and at the same time professional. There is good work life balance also considering the fact that mostly Saturday and Sundays are non-working.
With respect to compensation - During my time at Verist, neither I faced any payment issues as highlighted by some comments in the thread nor I heard that some other employee was facing such issues. Further, the compensation structure at Verist is at par with Tier 1 Law firms and there is no limit of growth at Verist. I personally got very decent increment within a very short period of time.
So, personally, I would say that if you focus on working hard and with decent intelligence, Verist Law does not hold back in compensating you amply.
The firm has a small team with matters in various practice areas. Mainly, you get to work on gen corp advisory and M&A, and the partners are flexible and assign projects based on your interests and abilities. I had a good time working there as I got to work on different practice areas and projects. You get client exposure way earlier than your peers at other firms, and the learning curve is better. If you look at the exits from Verist, people end up mostly at Tier I law firms. There are no office politics, work hours are amazing (mostly gets over by 6-7 pm), and free unless the clients demand something urgent weekends are mostly free (which partners push back on if it isn't urgent or unreasonable). You have WFH flexibility, which was truly there before the pandemic.
I recommend the firm. I hope you haven't communicated your decision.
Lots of flexibility in time/work and not too many layers for the atrocious ‘law firm politics’
If you like all above, do join!
For the rest they are a stable and good firm and you can check with various alumni.
How is the firm. grateful for responses Pls