They treat the staff like dogs, serfs and paid slaves - Legal Secretary Kirkland & Ellis Employee Review

The firm went to a "teaming" model in 2009 when they moved into a new building. Before the move, efficiency experts were brought in to roam the hallways looking for ways to cut costs. In the new building, the secretaries sit together in pods built for four people, but most contain just two or three. The firm has gradually decreased the number of secretaries in each pod to two or three while increasing the number of attorneys each secretary must support up to seven on average while backing up another 14 or so. We are treated like dogs, serfs and paid slaves while the firm has been reported in the trade papers and magazines to make between $1 to $2 Billion per year. This is the kind of secretarial job one takes when one is desperate and starving.