Assistant Paralegal II - Anonymous employee Fragomen Employee Review

3.0
14 Apr 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The firm is trying to make things better by actually listening to their employees. Perks: Overtime, PTO, Work from home, Bagel Friday's, free food, extravagant firm parties. It is a very odd culture but if you can get past that you can find some great and long lasting friends.

Cons

Work environment can be very hostile and quiet at times. The team environment is helpful, but if your team is strapped another team will not help you (they most likely won't speak to you either). Turnover is high because upper management does not seem to care much about the growth of their own employees. The amount of work can be overbearing, mundane and extremely stressful (all at the same time), it is common to watch people crumble. "The Golden Chains" = Great benefits to compensate for demanding amounts of work.

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Cons

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Cons

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