Highly stressful and no respect for non-legal staff - Senior Paralegal Fragomen Employee Review

2.0
20 May 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Big firm with some long-term established clients in many industries. Most clients referred by relationships developed by senior paralegal staff over years.

Cons

Highly stressful environment. Management only focused on billing. The senior partners are least interested in the firm's future. The junior partners are waiting for the change in leadership. The clients are very unhappy and are slowly looking at other alternatives.

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Pros

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Cons

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