Corrosive and Oppressive Workplace - Anonymous employee Fragomen Employee Review

1.0
Jul 11, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Time off and some great co-workers

Cons

Anything you say can and will be held against you; and brought up, often ambiguously at staff meetings. Non stop production is expected as in a factory. There's never any praise given for the work (except for the favored few). The same does not hold true for errors, which are dealt with swiftly and severely. There's no accountability from management when something goes wrong, and employees cannot count on HR for anything. Ridicule, bullying, pettiness, retaliation and favoritism are all tactics used by management. The latter refers to having a "good attitude" when you grin and put up with all levels of unfairness or whatever else you're dealt without a word. Morale is very low and communication is not valued. The New York and Houston offices have particularly poor reputations for treatment of employees.

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