Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

OUR SURVEY SAYS

Vault’s Verdict: It seems a few less than personable partners, not enough work to go around and lackadaisical training have left a bad taste in associates’ mouths. But associates do appreciate market-level compensation—as well as fantastic views of the Hudson.

Associate Life

Satisfaction
• “Things have gotten really slow. It's scary. Although it's nice for a little while, being slow for so long digs into your self-esteem and your job satisfaction. Getting paid for reading your Kindle is only nice if you don't have a career to worry about.”
• “The work here is very interesting, and I am doing far more substantive work than most of my peers at other firms in other cities. Sometimes things can be slow, though.”
• “The assignments are useless in developing skills, the partners and senior associates, for the most part are at best impolite, at worst, actually mean, and the bonuses are a joke.”
• “The work is of high quality when we have it, but it has been a slow year for junior corporate associates.”