Understaffed, low morale, poor understanding of employees' needs - Anonymous employee Fragomen Employee Review

3.0
30 Jul 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Opportunities for growth and development -Plentiful training -Very structured team organization -Efficient allocation of cases and duties

Cons

-EXTREMELY understaffed to the point that employees are performing double the workload. Very poor work-life balance -Company clearly looks out for its own interests, making it difficult to form any loyalty or attachment to one's position -Lack of internal leadership, as it often feels like the day is spent resolving one emergency after another without any clear insight into future goals or ways to prevent such emergencies -Clients are extremely demanding. This is compounded by the fact that FDBL is unable to deliver on promised timelines due to staffing shortages. This leads to increased tensions between FDBL and the companies, resulting in rushed cases, stress (= lower employee morale), and excessive overtime

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