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It was a great place to work but the location the job was in made it difficult and stressful for me to stay. The location was an hour away from my house and i couldn't make the drive anymore. No matter what time of the day, there was always traffic, so a one hour drive turned into an hour in a half everyday. Other than that, management was great. 
They could have paid me a little more due to my three years experience and all of the task duties I knew. 
I knew how to do three different positions, which was Office Clerk, File Clerk, and Receptionist.

You will soon learn that the more you do, the more you are taken advantage of. The best way to survive this company: Do the bare minimum and you will be set. The turnover rate is high, and company morale is super low. People are constantly being overworked and under-appreciated, and are expected to be a team player when they are overwhelmed due to all the responsibilities and duties of two/three people due to insufficient staffing. 

I had the pleasure of serving Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.'s collection and foreclosure department as well as real estate and construction litigation as a file clerk and receptionist. Daily, I pulled files for paralegals and attorney telephone conferences and court hearings. I maintained a medium sized file room where I created and opened new case files and ran conflicts checks on new clients. I learned alongside 5 department paralegals that taught me how to do property appraisal searches, e-filing, client management softwares, etc.

I always stayed busy. 
I learned many programs and picked up a few things about legal end of foreclosing and collections. 
The management made sure the jobs got done correctly and timely. 
I did not have issues with any co-workers and got along well with most of them. 
The Stress is the hardest part of this job. 
When you are told you have been helpful and friendly when they feel you didn't need to be feels like an accomplishment.

Briefly worked at the Fort Myers location.  The general atmosphere was horrendous.  The partners were below par with their royal behaviors - very disturbing to say the least.  As for the staff - arrogance prevailed and they were the laziest group of people I have ever met.  Only stayed there three months and three months seemed like an eternity.  Run far away from this regional office.  


My day started at 8:00 AM and as soon as I got there I start tackling all the check request advances. Read and answered emails. 
I learned a lot at this company.  Specially in the legal field.  The Management is the best I ever had.  The co-workers are excellent and the environment was family oriented.
I had no problems in meeting deadlines.  Even helped the other co-workers when requested.
I loved the Firm and enjoyed working very much at B&P.

A typical day at work was very busy, full of printing ,faxing ,organizing etc. I've learned a lot of patience and how to multitask. My co-workers were great people to work with .The hardest part of the job was dealing with the attorneys and assistants that were having bad days. The most enjoyable part of the job was being a part of a firm that cared about their clients and helped them as much as possible.

I personally was laid off "down sized" due to lack of revenue.  It appears that anyone employed over 15 years was laid off.   It no longer matters regarding college education or experience and they took the administrative assistants trained by the college educated and registered paralegals and turned them into their paralegals and continued to bill them out as college educated/Florida Registered paralegals to obtain more monies.

I enjoyed working with my attorney for close to 5 years.  Unfortunately, our corporate office in Fort Lauderdale, has tightened its belt and 3 staff members left, not to be replaced.  I was given a position of yet another legal assistant who has left the firm and I was not consulted about filling her position when she left.  It is not a position I want to work in.

Atmosphere is not great, back stabbing among everyone, double standard for employees.  Did offer some perks that were nice like food/snacks.  No privacy at all, always afraid someone was listening to every word you said.

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