Foster Reviews

3.6

58% would recommend to a friend

(67 total reviews)

Charles Foster

82% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Foster has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 67 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Foster employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Legal industry (3.8 stars).

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67 reviews
1.0
28 Jun 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Good location in Greenway plaza, close to many nice restaurants for lunch or HH. You appreciate any work environment after this no matter how bad it may seem, because this place truly had every negative thing you can have about a company.

Cons

First off I am sad that I have to put at least 1 star for Senior Management and the Culture & Values ratings here. Notice how in the careers section of their website theres always a job posting for "Legal Assistant?" Its cause the turnover among Legal Assistants is so high (whether its cause they quit with no notice or cause they got fired due to insecure managers) they're constantly looking for new poor college grads to lure in. Many employees were rude and never bothered to say hi to you. The few ones that are nice unfortunately are all walled off in the towering cubicles, making it feel like you're in prison, cut off from society. The work environment was not caring at all, despite posting it as "Caring and Passionate Work Culture" in their own careers section of their website. Maybe more of the senior legal assistants AKA "Mean Girls" caring for their own drama and passionate about gossiping legal assistants. Training was non existent, despite assuring me during the interview that AMPLE training will be provided because immigration law is complex, and the law from where I came from many of the knowledge and skills weren't transferable. The non-compete agreement that you sign prior to employment is their way of making sure rival firms dont get a competitive edge in having a talented employee working for them. After one week on the job they expected me to know everything and if I couldn't, that I should look for past examples somewhere? When asked questions about specific processes like filing cases many senior legal assistants will make me seem incompetent and disorganized to the attorneys, and rather than help, they would just delay the work until the deadline is near, creating high levels of stress and anxiety that comes when deadlines need to be met. Foster has been losing clients to other immigration firms due to the lack of professionalism displayed by attorneys, and the work being subpar because of the high turnover among legal assistants.

1.0
27 Apr 2015
Recommend
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Pros

If you are a college graduate thinking about Law School or needs a job right away, then work at Foster LLP. The pros are that you will learn how to deal with difficult people, office politics, and a disorganized work environment.

Cons

No training provided at all and completely on the job training. I was lead to believe and even reassured by the partner when I was interviewed that I will receive adequate training but that was not the case for me and for many other Legal Assistants. It is a sink or swim, trial by fire work environment. This law firm has a high turn around rate at all levels and departments. Employees from Accounting to Legal Assistants come and go every 2 weeks. They hire whomever especially vulnerable college grads in order to exploit them. The Attorneys demand high levels of attention to detail but demand high turn around when filing cases. This creates tension and high levels of stress which radiates in every single legal team. They make you sign a non-compete agreement meaning you are not allowed to work for a competitor law firm if you are let go or decide to resign for a year. They use a point system in order to measure your production levels meaning your case load and the partners will decide if you will get a pay raise or pay cut. That is right if you ever dare to ask for a pay raise all the Partners have to agree on it in order for it to be approve. Seldom ever get pay raises and that is why so many people leave. Partners and Attorneys come and go as well. The law firm has been losing clients due to the lack of professionalism and organization at this law firm. The whole "Southern Hospitality" goes out the door as soon as you step into this law firm. The Attorneys really do push the bounds of disrespect, stress levels towards Legal Assistants. No overtime allowed.

1.0
13 Jun 2018

Unfortunate

Recommend
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Pros

If you can work the system, this is the place to be.

Cons

Absolutely no cohesiveness. Does not understand basic management.

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