Burn Out Culture - Anonymous employee Davies Allen Employee Review

- Compensations seems fair until you realize you have to devote most of your time to this job. If you don’t work 60 hour work weeks about 7 months out of the year then you get in trouble. Most people are very burnt out. I was told there would be a lot of overtime during my interview, which I agreed was great, but was never told 60 hour work weeks were the norm. During innovation day a partner said in front of a group of colleagues that I didn’t “take it seriously” during the interview process when told there would be overtime. I reminded her that during the hiring process they weren’t clear on 60 hours. Other people there told me that they also were never told how many hours it would be. I’d also like to point out how demeaning and unprofessional her comment was in front of my peers. - Unclear on goals. I was told there are tiers for goal setting which is mostly based on hours worked. For two tax seasons I met my goal and didn’t receive a raise. I set my goals one tier above the 1st one to over achieve just a little bit because I couldn’t overcommit myself while going to school but still wanted to be an asset to the company and pull my weight but they treated me like I wasn’t doing enough. I always made the tax deadlines AND had time to help others. Also, they knew I was going to school when they hired me. - No thorough process on training so you feel like you’re being set up to fail. People are wonderful at helping but training isn’t consistent so you learn how to do things multiple different ways only to find out later you’re doing something the wrong way. - Mormon culture makes you feel a bit alienated if you aren’t Mormon. I do think they’re getting better at this, but I have been to two meetings where they prayed before serving food and talked about church teachings. I’m happy their faith brings them joy, but when you already feel like an outsider, religious stuff in the workplace only makes you feel worse. - There is no real HR department. It’s one person who is HR basically, so when I had issues that I wanted to report I felt like I couldn’t. I have heard this HR person gossip about others, they’re also the same person that embarrassed me on innovation day, so if I ever had any issues I knew I had no support or recourse. - I won’t name names but one of people at the top of the company has yelled at and belittled people, often in front of others, instead of just communicating in a mature, respectful manner, he treats employees like they are beneath him. He adds threats to emails when asking for information. For example, he’ll say things like, “if someone doesn’t reply to me, I can find out who did this and let everyone know”. People don’t respect him, they fear him and I’ve often heard of people crying before they have a meeting with him… I have cried before a couple meetings. - You often aren’t complimented on what you’re doing well and the focus is more on shortcomings. Constructive criticism is imperative to growth, however, it was always criticism, so I always felt like I was failing and didn’t know when I was succeeding in managements eyes.