Great Firm - Legal Secretary Hopkins Solicitors Employee Review

Really lovely members of staff who make you feel like you're not alone, they too feel your anguish and distrust. An hour lunch, can't go wrong with that. Not working weekends

Abysmal wage for the amount of work expected of you. Everyone as they May appear as your friend are really out to get you! The amount of backstabbing that goes on here is unbelievable!! Unrealistic expectations! You will literally work yourself to the bone, give your blood, sweat and tears and it still not be good enough. Increased workload - more than one fee earner with no consultation beforehand. Demanding bosses All I can say is overworked, unappreciated and under paid. Their understanding of mental health and its problems when they break you, is minimal! You might as well just talk to yourself.

Worked with like minded people: in the sense we were all stressed and fed up with the shambles we had to try and navigate daily while the partner in charge faffed about achieving absolutely nothing of consequence.

The biggest issue working here was the complete lack of clear internal working procedures, particularly as higher-ups seemed to make it their business to have no clue either. HR were absolutely laughable; consider it non existent apart from avoiding all accountability for problems. Policies were weak, and substandard staff training on essential areas such as AML were especially concerning. The offices were poorly equipped in terms of IT, with functionally obsolete hardware still scraping along. The lovely guy looking after the buildings was hopelessly overworked, it would be completely unfair to say he was not doing a good job as he was spread so thin across the sites. A very, very bad place to work. It took a bit of a miracle to get any client work accomplished due to the constant obstacles left by the management's backsides.