Dixon Hughes Goodman Reviews

I have been working at Dixon Hughes Goodman full-time for more than a year

Pros – A positive firm culture that encourages communication. The leadership invests time and money to get everyone trained for their position and industry specialty. Partners encourage client interaction at all levels and few act as if they own a client since all clients belong to the firm not any one individual. The firm attracts top talent as well as large clients with complex and interesting projects. The choice to specialize in select industries has fostered growth as clients seek out this firm for their depth of expertise that is supported by the firms national network of specialists that are continuously looking for new and innovating ways to assist clients and plan for changes that affect clients in each specialty niche.

Cons – Compensation and bonuses are below competitors in the area for positions above staff level. However, the excellent benefit plan helps to make up some of the difference. Sometimes partners don't do everything necessary to retain top talent.

Advice to Senior Management – Rewarding existing employees in a way that is competitive with other public accounting firms would help retention and save time and money spent on recruiting for experienced CPAs.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Dixon Hughes Goodman full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Awesome at what they do

Cons – I dont have any cons

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Dixon Hughes Goodman

Pros – Excellent health, dental, and other benefits plus abundant PTO. Message from the top is to do the right thing. Top notch training and resources available.

Cons – Raises should be more competitive.

Advice to Senior Management – Raises and bonus should be more competitive with peer firms.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Dixon Hughes Goodman full-time

Pros – Decent amount of PTO first year.

Cons – No communication at all, No training, No respect for the Administration. Management thinks you are a mind reader and their maid also. People are too lazy to clean up after themselves and treat you like a robot with no feelings.

Advice to Senior Management – Respect your employees and try to realize they are human. Listen to what they say rather than ignoring everything and still running the place like its 1980. No need for all the paper and need to learn to use the computer programs properly which would cut down on lots of time. The Florida office is a revolving door. Get a clue!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Dixon Hughes Goodman full-time for more than a year

Pros – -The people I work with are very supportive
-There's an open door policy, and I work with and communicate with partners very often
-I'm challenged and encouraged to learn and apply what I've learned to each engagement. I don't ever feel like one mistake will make me lose my job.
-I sit down on a weekly basis to get review notes over what could be improved- it's not necessary, but my seniors and managers want me to learn
-I don't feel like I'm just another person in a crowd. DHG has the great ability of making me feel like I'm valuable and not just some android built to spit out tax returns
-I have worked on a very wide array of engagements. I was thrown into assignments right out of the gate that would be classified as senior level work

Cons – -Even though it's not so bad where I'm at, there are still office politics all over the place
-We had a lot of people leave recently

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Dixon Hughes Goodman full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – DHG has a great culture. It's a place where people really care about your success and truly work to help you grow in your career. Benefits are great and opportunities for growth are significant.

Cons – Some times the firm is not as progressive as maybe it should be to connect with my generation. Also, there is not consistency between the offices in what they offer employees. Some offices have casual attire while others allow business dress only. Also the daily benefits such as free drinks and fun activities varies/

Advice to Senior Management – Be authentic! I really like the way some of the partners have begun tweeting.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Dixon Hughes Goodman full-time for less than a year

Pros – They have; a good vision for the company, a lot of internal gatherings to promote office interaction, good benefits, a variety of divisions and specialty teams, creative and structured marketing, good community relations, strong IT staff, smart and friendly administrative staff, donuts and bagels every Thursday, private parking garage.

Cons – They have a good vision but it is poorly pierced together. Every promise they made about personal growth, valuing your opinion, working with you to succeed... was a bunch of lies. There is NO overtime... or incentive to work long extended hours. Overtime was highly discouraged yet required for most positions. There is no standardization on the way things are completed and final. Various "templates" are given to complete the same project with major differences. Their internal system "The Sphere" is not maintained with up to date records and forms needed to complete carious assignments. The final product is often cheap or dumbed down compared to other firms in the area. There is very little coverage and cross training for certain positions; causing a bit of a problem when that person is absent. The gatherings were quite amusing; people would separate into groups and were not very interactive with coworkers from another area. Quite a few of the workers have a poor/selfish attitude. Regardless of what skill level you may have had in a field, they placed you where ever they saw fit or needed to put a body. Though your opinion may have been voiced, or heard, it was readily disregarded and ignored. A lot of mistakes were overlooked pending who you were, hundreds of thousands in unbilled time, failure to communicate, client complaints, etc. "Fake it till you make it" fits this firm well. It is full of people who are settling for what they are given, or just trying to make the best of their time there. The firm did undergo many changes with the merge, and other companies they acquired, nothing went according to plan. They began firing people within short periods of placing them in certain positions, singling out some of the employees to rid themselves of. Not all employees were let go of because they were bad employees... they just did not fit the conformist, mechanical droning of DHG. The location is also a pro and a con. Located Directly off rt 7 near Tysons Corner, traffic is absolutely horrendous. Those that needed to commute spent well over 30 minutes just trying to travel 2 miles to the highway. With all the new construction and volume of the area, it is not ideal for those that have road rage or mind sitting in traffic for long period of time.

Advice to Senior Management – I genuinely hope that things have changed since my departure. Sadly, I have kept in contact with various employees and have not heard much difference. The firm needs to look into the talent they have, and how to invest in the people that will help their company grow. Their should be standardization in each process that the firm practices, as well as the projects and work they put out. Little room for deviation is needed to create company templates and have the firm funcationing as a whole instead of various sections with different outputs under the same company name. Update quality control techniques and care about what productt the company is putting out to their clients. Cross train where applicable to create a better understanding and coverage when needed. Stop segregating people or groups and learn to work as a team. I would say relocate... but that is not realistic.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Dixon Hughes Goodman as an intern for less than a year

Pros – A wide range of clients and work.
Pretty large office, but still a small feel.
Richmond office managing director is awesome

Cons – Very little interaction among the employees in the office. Nobody seemed to like each other.
Central VA managing director is far from awesome.

Advice to Senior Management – Move offices. Innsbrook is old news. Move downtown with the big boys.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Dixon Hughes Goodman full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great opportunity to work with really smart people. At times many are smarter than other Big four employees.

Cons – Pay is not competitive, nor are the benefits. Management should really try to be more competitive to retain staff. Also should improve FAR group.

Advice to Senior Management – Increase pay and benefits. Make an effort to retain top performers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Dixon Hughes Goodman full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – DHG takes recruiting very seriously and does a great job of getting people here that are easy to work with and extremely friendly. They have very fair/competitive pay and offer some pretty great benefits.

Cons – No one ever gets fired - sometimes people get here and it becomes obvious they are not the right fit for the job (because they can't do the work, they never show up, they are unprofessional in front of clients, or they're just unreliable), but they still get to work here for as long as they like and make it miserable for everyone that has to pick up their slack!

Advice to Senior Management – Build a better infrastructure for the behind the scenes departments. The bonus program guidelines should come out before the year begins, not six months into the year. Evaluations should be available weeks after they're completed, not months after. And the IT support leaves quite a bit to be desired.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend