Does Gilson Gray pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Gilson Gray employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.7 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Gilson Gray. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Gilson Gray?

50% of Gilson Gray employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Gilson Gray 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Gilson Gray?

Conveyancer (5) , Conveyancing Assistant (4) , Conveyancing Executive (4) , Legal Secretary (3) , Residential Conveyancer (3) , Administrator (2) , Legal (2) , Solicitor (2)

What are the pros of working at Gilson Gray according to real employee reviews?

"A supportive and friendly team across the board." ((in 6 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Gilson Gray according to real employee reviews?

"down management, staff are not consulted before important decisions are made on matters, such as a new case management system." ((in 3 reviews)); "Overworked, underappreciated, horrible culture, lots of guilt tripping to make you work more or stay quiet about problems, very high staff turnover" ((in 3 reviews)); "Staff are extremely overworked" ((in 3 reviews)); "When you raise concerns with management about how unsustainable the workload is, you’re brushed off with comments like, “Everyone else is going through the same thing”, “ do you need more training as you are not managing”." ((in 3 reviews))

Gilson Gray Reviews

3.2

50% would recommend to a friend

(43 total reviews)

45% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (43 reviews)

Gilson Gray has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 43 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gilson Gray employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Legal industry (3.8 stars).

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43 reviews

2.0

16 June 2026

Poor culture and do not value wellbeing/work-life balance, but great tech team members

Tech advisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Tech team were mostly supportive, knowledgeable and kind, they are an invaluable asset to the firm.

Cons

Top-down management, staff are not consulted before important decisions are made on matters, such as a new case management system. Culture is toxic which has seen the firm have a high turnover of conveyancers and technical team members within the last couple of years. HR are slow at dealing with issues raised with them and overall do not prioritise wellbeing of staff. Firm largely focusses on bottom line/financial success in conveyancing meetings.

5.0

22 Apr 2026

A nice firm

Paralegal

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Friendly staff and great ambition

Cons

Some growing pains - but to be expected

1.0

21 Nov 2025

Avoid

Administrator

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The toilets are reasonably clean

Cons

Inadequate systems, non existent training, maybe a day, zero support, managers who have never been trained to manage, impossible targets, focussing on manipulating reports for referrers rather than improving the client experience, awful atmosphere and culture so new staff go long term sick, loyal staff take the load then eventually leave, worst retention I've ever seen

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Jobs at Gilson Gray

Credit Controller

Edinburgh, Scotland

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GBP 32K - GBP 46K /yr

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Residential Conveyancing Paralegal

North Berwick, Scotland

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