Team culture issues - Legal Assistant Maurice Blackburn Employee Review

1.0
31 Oct 2022
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Pros

You get free gym membership

Cons

Management were poor communicators, my team leader was not held accountable for being disorganised and prove to emotional outbursts. The Law Clerk I worked with had no interpersonal skills and would lock herself in her office and didn’t communicate with me. The only communication I received was via a spreadsheet with poorly phrased and grammatically incorrect instructions. I also have strong evidence demonstrating that I was treated adversely after raising concerns about the workplace’s toxic culture.

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Maurice Blackburn Response
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Hello, thank you for sharing your feedback and sorry to hear about your recent experience. We value all of our current and former employees’ feedback and would be happy to learn more and improve. At MB, we have people who care and resources that support all employees. We encourage you to contact our People and Culture team at people@mauriceblackburn.com.au to discuss this further in detail.

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