Okay to start, not sustainable after. - Assistant Paralegal Fragomen Employee Review

2.0
22 Dec 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Especially as a temp, this firm will hire anyone on a contract/temporary basis, pretty much a sweatshop for USCIS petitions. Keep your head down and file away that paperwork, and collect that overtime $$. Looks great as a resume builder.

Cons

Not a sustainable career. Easy to sacrifice health and mental sanity, especially with overtime structure, working overtime is basically expected. Endure a yelling every now and then for an attorney's oversight, you will be overly responsible for catching all mistakes. Will note - I worked here around 2014-2015. maybe things have changed though I doubt it.

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5.0
26 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good teams and support group that help each other.

Cons

Lots of corporate interference in every day work sometimes good sometimes bad.

2.0
25 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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