Accounting leadership has lost site of what's important... it's people. The former leadership team used to focus on making the work environment supportive, fun and growth oriented, with attainable work-life balance. Those days are gone. The newer leadership team seems more focused on the bottom line... piling as much work as they can on employees in order to save money and meet an aggressive profit margin.
Work-life balance is non existent, with staff working anywhere from 50-90+ hours per week on average. Desirable client assignments and promotions seem to go to whoever is sucks up to leadership the most. Those who don't play the game are either overlooked for promotions or fired.
While there are morale building events, they are much less frequent or grand in scale as in years past. Plus, the increased work volume on each employee has reduced participation in these events. Beer & nachos only go so far.
Clearly people are unhappy with the changes, because the turnover in the department is ridiculously high. Restaffing the positions with qualified candidates has been a challenge due to the improving job market.
It is sad to see the downward spiral of what was once a great accounting department. Hopefully they can turn it around as there are still a lot of good people remaining.
