Paralegal Sweatshop? - Anonymous employee Fragomen Employee Review

2.0
29 May 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

A good place to gain experience for inexperienced liberal arts graduates. Also the office is really nice/ swanky. Benefits probably better than the actual pay.

Cons

Employees are generally treated as replaceable as evidenced by Fragomen's over reliance on temp agencies. If you object to the mindless and routinized work of a beginning administrative assistant, there is no shortage of unemployed and willing individuals back at the temp agency. Unfortunately, Fragomen exploits that to its advantage.

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Pros

Good teams and support group that help each other.

Cons

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2.0
25 June 2026
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Pros

Decent overtime pay. I also had a decent training/onboarding experience, but this was not the norm.

Cons

Exploitative, 80+ hour work weeks, 2am messages from attorneys, burn-out model for paralegals and associates (scoop them up after BA or JD and overwork them until they quit), misrepresent case load during interview by 50% of total, low ceiling for non-attorney career advancement. Have an exit plan.

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