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3.0

54% would recommend to a friend

(8 total reviews)

100% positive business outlook

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8 reviews
2.0
27 July 2024

Needs improvement

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Pros

Some genuine, nice colleagues , good amount of work and private health care. Pay is great.

Cons

HR management is poor. Need to adopt a human approach. Toxic work culture. Need to freshen up the environment and status quo. The people who stay are either stuck or the source of the problem.

Eric Robinson Solicitors Response
1y
Delighted you highlight good working relationships at work, as this is a very important cultural piece of our business and am pleased you have highlighted one of our many key employee benefits; private health care, as this is a great support of our employee well-being and health. Regarding your positive comment about the work being good; this is born out of over 60 years of a local and trusted brand supporting clients with solid legal services and also our continuous business investment in marketing and IT. Regarding your positive comment about pay, the firm has delivered 3 pay increases in the past 2 years as well as further enhanced salary increases, we continue to monitor and review to ensure we are market leading, remain competitive and deliver on well-earned ‘reward’ packages aligned to excellence in performance. Regarding HR, we cannot comment on individuals for obvious reasons, but as with all our business support functions, we adopt a high support and practical-solution seeking approach which is aligned to our business objectives. In addition, we adopt a kind and respectful working environment led by the senior leadership team. Your claims that there is a toxic working environment and that there is a need to freshen up the status quo are without basis and you do your ex-colleagues a dis-service by this statement. We are proud of how our teams pull together to support one another, they are engaged and positive minded, this is evidenced by our strong retention figures, returning employees and continuous positive feedback from our employees. Your claim that people are stuck makes no sense as everyone has the right to choose their own career paths.
1.0
24 July 2024

Avoid!!

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Pros

Other than making friends with the staff, none.

Cons

All I can say is if you want to feel like a slave and completely disrespected by a management and HR whose only objective is to micro manage, say no to any requests you may have regarding flexible working (and they may reply saying they’ve approved 10000 flexible working requests but most I believe are simply requests for leaving 10 mins early for a life threatening medical appointment) and HR who in my opinion and experience do their utmost to make your life a misery and are supported by the management to do this, then this is the place for you. Net loss of employees is huge and still rising. Most people that leave are not replaced (maybe their reputation goes before them) which means that the remaining staff have more work to do. You’ll get harassed to meet your targets and receive daily emails to confirm how far you are away from your unreasonable target together with a regular monthly call to pressure you and a monthly meeting to add that extra bit of harassment. Lots of people are depressed that work there and aside from management and HR, most, I have been told, want to escape. Zero empathy and certainly not a friendly management or HR who, in my experience, do not interact with the staff. You are not allowed to go to a pub at lunch as this is forbidden during office hours. It’s assumed by management that you’ll drink alcohol. Going home for lunch (which may of course contain alcohol) has not been banned. Yet.

Eric Robinson Solicitors Response
1y
The firm has received 5 formal flexible working requests in the past 12 months and we have approved 100% of these requests, to support both the employee personal needs and also inline with the needs of the business. This is in addition to multiple informal flexibility requests from employees when there have been unforeseen or emergency situations, and we are very comfortable that employees continue to feel supported by the firm when this happens. As with any medium sized organisation, there is a natural attrition rate, however, we are aware that our turnover rate is the lowest of all local law firms. This is attributed to our loyal and committed staff who continue to deliver excellence in their roles and have been financially rewarded with 3 salary increases in the past 2 years in addition to departmental bonus’s and online review bonus’s, which are paid monthly. Most positions are back-filled or are in the firm’s recruitment strategy plan to be filled, equally where there is proof of no business need, these are not back-filled, however, this is rare. Regarding monthly revenue targets, we are proud that our monthly performance bonus scheme consistently rewards many our fee earners for excellence in their role, of up to £1,000 monthly, which evidences that our monthly targets are absolutely aligned to competency and capability. It is also worth noting that we actively encourage our fee earners to work their normal contractual hours to meet their revenue targets, this does regularly occur, and this ensures employee health and well-being, whilst still feeling success. Fee earners have provided us feedback to confirm their preference is to have daily transparency of their targets and goals, the firm has reacted to this, and invested in up to date IT systems to provide this which in turn empowers and enables every opportunity to achieve their monthly bonus. This is a process we are proud of and supports measurable success and progression opportunities for their future. Like many organisations, we believe that regular employee meetings support excellence in individual performance, provide an opportunity to share appreciation and praise, and also offer a sensible platform to discuss ways of developing performance. We receive excellent feedback from our fee earners about our monthly meetings which have been in place for over 5 years, so will continue to respond to this positive feedback with on-going strong communication. Your claims that most people at the firm are depressed, that there is zero empathy, and that the management team is not friendly is false and you do your ex-colleagues a dis-service by this statement. We are very comfortable that the Partners and our HR function are very approachable, supportive and exhibit all leadership behaviours to support our teams now and for the future. Again, your statement that you cannot visit the pub during lunch hours is false. The firm’s does prohibit the consuming of alcohol in any of its offices during normal working hours but this is a perfectly usual HR policy and exists to meet conditions imposed by the firm’s Professional Indemnity Insurer. Due to the excellent work by our teams, our business goes from strength to strength, we are very proud of this. Our senior leadership team will continue to support our teams to deliver excellence in their roles to support progression opportunities and individual and team success.
5.0
16 July 2023

Great company to work for

Anonymous employee
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Pros

A good induction programme which is enhanced by helpful and friendly employees making everyone feel welcome. A positive team atmosphere. Good benefits such as SimplyHealth subscription, discounted gym membership and a paid day off for your birthday. Twice yearly paid for company events. Free parking This is a company that is forward thinking and values their employees and I look forward to having a long happy career at Eric Robinson.

Cons

I cannot think of anything

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