Great people, good firm, okay culture, poor tech/processes. - Assistant Paralegal Fragomen Employee Review

- The biggest negative overall I would say is that things do vary wildly from team to team. Management styles, processes, people, everything depends on the team that you're on. There's a big focus on making sure that we're top of the field in immigration knowledge, which is good, however there doesn't appear to be focus on creating a consistent, transparent, accountable, and supportive firm culture, which is what holds the firm back from being a great employer. - Going off of that, senior management here values what the partners managing teams here think more than associates/junior staff. Seniority is certainly valuable, but when issues arise the concerns of associates and junior staff typically aren't taken as seriously as the perspective of the partner. If you're on a team where the partner is a bad manager or deflects blame rather than take accountability for the culture/processes/actions of their team, then the sh!t rolls downhill. - Partners and supervising attorneys do not appear to have any significant management training, nor does it appear to be recognized that management training (beyond HR basics - how to motivate/develop/coach people) would be really valuable. Maybe it exists in ways that I'm not seeing, but from my vantage point this is lacking. - The technology situation is ancient and abysmal. Truly. At a certain point typewriters would be more functional.