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Attorneys Beware - Anonymous employee First Recovery Group Employee Review

1.0
2 Dec 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It's a job. As an attorney who isn't doing legal work, the pay is decent. You can wear jeans to work because you don't actually see anyone; all of your work is done by phone and fax.

Cons

The company advertises that attorneys handle the files from beginning to end, but this is false. Attorneys are not actually doing legal work. Attorneys are on the phone constantly with insurance adjusters and personal injury attorneys trying to recoup money for the health plans. It is essentially a call center. Attorneys are given approximately 1,500 files to work with daily productivity goals that must be met. A year-end bonus is dangled in front of you to work harder, but the environment is churn and burn. The work is tedious and very repetitive. There is NO variety, no analytical thinking, no legal work whatsoever. As an attorney, your title will say you're an attorney, but you'll realize that you're very much like a debt collector.

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4.0
10 Aug 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits and salary, routine hours (now the hours are flexible), bonus program and a casual environment. This is a good job for attorneys looking to leave litigation behind and have a routine schedule with great work/life balance. You get your own case load and the effort you put into the cases is what you get out of it. Don't listen to the gossip and you'll be just fine if you're willing to work!

Cons

There is a lot of work and the work is not always well organized. Some employees have bad attitudes or gossip - surprising from "professionals" This can create a negative environment (see prior posts) and the negative people blame management. The computer systems (subromax and the document management one) too often are slow or freeze so I can't be productive. I understand that there will be a new computer program so hopefully that will help. The office can be way too loud, or way too quiet, it depends. The temperature has gotten a lot better recently but I've been way too hot and way too cold, it depends. I don't have a lot of room to work and it can feel claustrophobic.

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