Not what I expected from the largest immigration firm - Assistant Paralegal Fragomen Employee Review

2.0
Feb 16, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Fun personalities, management is easy to talk to and there to help.

Cons

No work-life balance; no bonuses for all our hard work; expect to work 50-70hours a week as an assistant paralegal; if you want to leave work for a doctor appointment, the time is coming out of your vacation time; you only get the 401K contribution benefits if you are here for a certain number of years.; very high turnaround; your day does not end when you've hit 7.5 hours, you will work overtime almost every day.

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Cons

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Pros

Decent overtime pay. I also had a decent training/onboarding experience, but this was not the norm.

Cons

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