Accounting Failing Due to the Worst Leadership
Pros
Smart people in accounting, too bad they are all miserable. Pay is good, likely because it’s the only way to attract talent due to terrible reputation in the market. Several local recruiters have black listed this department.
Cons
List below speaks for accounting department in Fort Washington only. Positive review seems to be discussing another office or area of company. Blackstone and CEO too far removed to see the way the current CAO treats employees and mishandling transition and acquisition. Constant screaming and belittling of employees in open office setting. Terminating new employees within days to weeks of start date (little training or room for error) showing lack of respect for people’s ability to support their families or the responsibility for offering a job to someone currently employed and then quickly eliminating their livelihoods. Extreme manual processes because management lacks insight into technology. Unrealistic expectations. Late hours and an expectation that employees work 24/7. No appreciation for the hours being put in. When fielding complaints about work life balance the group was yelled at that they are stupid if they don’t see the opportunity of working there. CAO has also stated employees families and spouses are stupid if they don’t support them working constantly for the opportunity. Threatened to fire entire department for talking about salaries. Did not take any responsibility for allowing the salary information to be easily accessible in the system. Trash talks employees in front of their peers and in open meetings often using the words “failed” and “failures”. Employees are asked to perform meaningless and time consuming tasks and analysis so to Blackstone how “stupid Revantage” employees are. CAO is obsessed with putting the Blackstone subsidiary down to employees to prove how superior she is (most employees infer the opposite from this tactic). Current Accounting Management lacks skill set to successfully run this department and manage the “opportunity” they constantly talk about. Working for them is definitely not an opportunity, just ask the current employees.