Underpaid, overworked, and terrible culture - Associate Fragomen Employee Review

1.0
Jul 28, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

After 7 years, difficult to think of any

Cons

First, management. Particularly in the global pandemic, partners have pushed an extraordinary amount of work to associates and have completely taken a hands off approach to managing clients. No compensation / special bonuses like other AmLaw100 firms.

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5.0
Jun 26, 2026
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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
Jun 25, 2026
Recommend
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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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