Fragomen reviews

3.4

51% would recommend to a friend

(2,192 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 2,192 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
2.0
Oct 29, 2015
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Pros

Decent pay for the immigration field, good benefits and paid time off, a regular 9-6 work week, and exposure to the immigration field make the AP1 position a good way to start your career and get your foot in door of the immigration field.

Cons

Experience varies by team, but my experience is: poor on-boarding and training, the independent nature of the work together with high cubicle walls and few social activities means you have to make an effort to have social interactions, and the work is repetitive with varying levels that tend to the extremes (too much work or nothing to do). There is a sense that relationships are transactional and the firm does not invest in the professional development of APs. My overall takeaway is that repetitive work together with little room for professional growth and a stuffy, corporate environment results in low morale and means working here as an AP1 gets old real fast (less than a year fast).

1.0
Sep 30, 2015

Avoid Like The Plague!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Most of the employees are young and fresh out of college, with Fragomen being their first "real" job. With such fresh employees, they tend to be enthusiastic about working and are willing to put in long hours to accomplish whatever the goal.

Cons

With employees being so inexperienced, it often takes several times longer to accomplish anything. There is no employee development and no employee training. You have a 2-hour HR training on your first day and then you're expected to understand all the ins and outs of immigration law. They use Lotus Notes, an extremely out-dated IBM program to accomplish anything, and Citrix on some painfully slow servers instead of actual computers - the lack of power and computing speed is compounded by a slow internet connection. Managers and supervisors are extremely disorganized. The firm handles immigration law differently across each team (no uniformity). Employees are often treated like numbers instead of human beings. There is no work-life balance. Management often makes unreasonable requests of employees with little to no explanation of what they hope to accomplish or why. Pay is over $30k LOWER than the industry average - even though their office is in the most expensive area in the US.

2.0
Aug 23, 2015

Associate Attorney

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Pros

Involvement and training in the production of top quality of work in the field of business immigration. The firm provides a great deal of resources to get the job done.

Cons

Lack of an adequate work life balance. Little direct communication from management regarding performance feedback, progression of career path, and professional development.

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