Fragomen reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(2,193 total reviews)
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Austin T. Fragomen

62% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Fragomen has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,193 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Fragomen employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Legal industry (3.7 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
May 1, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

You get a paycheck...so there is that.

Cons

What's most surprising from reading the others reviews is the theme across various locations. Such as, divisions being created between attorney and paralegal, its a paralegal sweat shop, or even the hiring of new employees with no experience, little to no training and thrown to the wolves, if they mess up its on them and they are fired quickly. I already had experience before this firm and did not have this issue, but I saw how they set up new people to fail. The HR department is the worst I have ever dealt with. And there is a 50/50 chance they lay you off after the H-1b Cap. Attorneys will delete documents from the database to make themselves look good/lie to clients, they will change documents, and will throw any "low level employee" under the bus for their own sake, even if they signed off on it and OK'd the mistake or made the mistake themselves. Pay is okay, but for a sweat shop where you bring in $400,000 in legal fees and make under $40,000, you could at least be shown respect or acknowledge in the hallway, would really go a long way. Good chance the Partner won't know your name or who you are, even when you work in their office and see them daily, attorney's will act like you don't exist in the hallways or you are just there to bother them and prevent them from leaving early.

1.0
Feb 27, 2025

Toxic Work Environment

Recommend
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Pros

There are no pros to say.

Cons

Toxic management. Partners are unkind. Associate Attorneys think they know everything when they've been minimally trained.

2.0
Jan 16, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

*Learn multiple new case types at a fast rate *Gain amazing immigration skills *Learn interesting insights into the field *Network with clients

Cons

*Windowless environment *Training is always "High Level Overview" and never granular, leaving new hires to struggle and causing issues when teams have high level attrition *Work 9+ hours days without high pay *Requires unsettling loyalty. If loyalty is questioned- be prepared to be blacklisted. Talking about job aspirations with co-workers can be seen as not being "loyal" to the firm. *Salutations and Questions are distractions - just work or face consequences (best for those who get to do the job fully remote) *High anxiety knowing everything can come back to be blamed on paralegals even though attorneys sign off. *Saw multiple people cry on the job from stress and mistakes

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