Top heavy/overworked/under appreciated - Anonymous employee Olin Partnership Employee Review

Too many partners and associates not doing enough work creates slaves out of the rest of the employees. At one point employees were told that 50 hrs/week would be considered normal (without getting paid over times (at a place that bills by the hour)). Laurie Olin only popped into the office once a week when I was there, and is basically retired, but clients want his personal attention on projects still (or at least to see some of his amazing sketches). However, his name is about the only thing still keeping this sinking ship from turning into a full blown Titanic. The office over stretched itself into opening locations in LA and China. Can't see how this is feasible under current structure, with Philadelphia-based employees staying up until late hours of night to make conference calls to folks in China, etc, and the three or four people in LA always one step behind the rest of the company. Current ceo/chief exec Cindy is ruthless--the only thing that makes her attitude and total sense of entitlement palatable to the rest of the company is her amazing personal assistant, Gary. Oh and did I mention the mass lay offs that occured shortly after I left? yeah, its bad.