Unprofessional - Anonymous employee Fragomen Employee Review

1.0
23 Feb 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some people were nice. Other people were nice at first, and then turned into catty bullies.

Cons

Some women I worked with were very catty and would constantly say bad things about me within earshot or right in front of my face. I could hardly concentrate on my work. It's an open floor plan for my past position, so that's how I could hear it all. At first they train you a little, but then they make you do the work very soon, and they are very specific tasks and a very specific program that is hard to use. It's sink or swim. Once you are given your case load, you are expected to work at a constant and frantic pace, while switching constantly between cases and/or tasks and answering work instant messages and emails. Also, the supervisors were gossipy. My supervisor did not even have important instructions written down for some of my tasks; I got them from a co-worker, and then my supervisor asked me to send her a copy. I had told my supervisor and her supervisor that I was having difficulty with the work. They said they would try to move me to a different role. Some time passed, and I got worried because I knew I was still being held accountable for the current work. My supervisor had told me that I needed to work faster. Later, I said that I would resign because the work was not a good fit. Then, I changed my mind and told them I did want to stay. Soon after, I was let go, once my supervisor got the helpful written instructions from me. I don't know why, but I applied to a different position after. The HR woman who had hired me before, left a voicemail on my phone basically saying that I had said I was detail-oriented in my cover note, but that there was a mistake on the dates on my resume, so that showed I was not detail-oriented. This is representative of how you are seen and treated by supervisors at the company. You will be talked to like a child, in terms of respect.

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