DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, Inc. Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Pros

Great work life balance available.

Cons

I don't have anything really negative to say.

Pros

half the year you have a great work life balance. Opportunities for promotions and being a good work doesnt go unoticed.

Cons

Half the year you do not have such great work/life balance. Up to 20 hours of overtime during the busiest weeks of the year.

Pros

Good benefits, good place to start out.

Cons

A lot of catty, childish employees. No work/life balance. Management is not good at hiring enough employees to handle the work load. High turnover rate due to high stress.

Pros

All employees are treated equally and fairly Great benefits Employee Owned Great work life balance - managers and upper management push for this!

Cons

Sometimes there is a lack of communication between divisions that causes unnecessary headaches. As a company that is growing rapidly there are growing pains like not having set sop's in place

Pros

- Great team (at least in my office) - Good understanding that we do not succeed unless we all work hard - Laid back yet efficient culture - People seem to generally like each other here and you don't often see workplace feuds - Company is transitioning into becoming more technically savvy - Company is big enough to be dangerous but small enough to pivot and meet market/client needs - Despite what other reviews may say, my work/life balance is good (hint: don't be lazy)

Cons

- Transition to becoming technically savvy has been a bumpy road - Transition to being proactive rather than reactive has also been bumpy

Pros

ESOP - Management that is willing to listen-work life balance-great time off policy.

Cons

Hmmm, nothing comes to mind.

Pros

Great work life balance. Great benefits. People that care and listen.

Cons

Growth opportunity can be limited.

Pros

DMA is a great company to work for and I am extremely proud to say that I have worked there for 9 years. I have learned more in less time than I did at any of my previous jobs. The work environment is very professional, my colleagues are intelligent and DMA has always treated me fair. I enjoy the fast-paced environment as well as great relationships with my colleagues and I appreciate the trust that the company has put into me as well as the opportunities that have been presented to me.

Cons

It has been difficult at times to observe a good work/life balance. Due to the success of recent years, the company has grown very quickly. This has created a very exciting, yet at times stressful environment.

Pros

• Able to customize your schedule between 7-9am start time. • Possibility of working 8 hour days for 5 days a week or 10 hour days for 4 days a week. • Its a pay check. • The building is in a nice location

Cons

• They pay is not enough for the amount of work, time and stress you endure. • No actual programs in place to get people moving or healthy. People are sick a lot. Very unhealthy place to work. • The stress is so much that people are out sick or working sick because they are out of sick time the majority of the time. • The expectations vs. time allowances are ridiculous. • They wait WAY too long to replace employees and instead lean too heavily on current employees to take up the extra work. Then when it is getting done they wonder if they reallllly need to hire another person to pick up the slack after all. As a result employees are over worked, underpaid and, depending on if your manager likes you, either patted on the back and told to suck it up or told you do not work quickly or efficiently enough. • Work distribution is so out of balance It is amazing this company is still standing. Some analysts have more than double the work of others. When they ask for help or relief they are told that they can handle it because of some sort of promotion that they will be getting eventually.. No help, deadlines are constant stress and a loathing for the company results. • They say it is a team effort but there is no team effort for those employees who are disliked by managers. • Favoritism from the managers gets you everything or nothing. • There are certain managers who are so bi polar and overbearing that they cause their employees to get physically ill by dropping unrealistic expectations and almost bewildering orders that make no sense. Many times, especially during very tight deadlines these managers tell their already stressed out, overworked employees to do something that is so irrelevant that it is bewildering that it was asked for. Like fixing an unimportant spreadsheet or asking an employee to suddenly add certain tag information to an enormous client and give them 2 days to do it when in reality it would take over a week to get it done. This told to the employees on deadline weeks. Stuff that can wait for off season. Sadly the upper managers are “Friends” with these bi-polar, mentally ill managers and will, 90% of the time, take their side and make you seem as if you are not doing your job well enough. Even when you work your behind off. It is the epitome of unfairness and the core of this company. • Work life balance is something that does not exist here. • There is a desperate lack of training for newly hired employees. • Rules apply to some but not to others. • They took away the summer outings which was a reward for a heavy busy season. • At last year’s Christmas party thing they stopped giving out gift cards to employees. First time in years. Not a word about it. No reason, no excuse. They just didn’t do it… wow. • Took away lots of events during the year under the questionable reason that they want to be debt free. Well that’s great. But do not take EVERYTHING away from the employees to do that. Learn how BALANCE works. • STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY if you value your health. They certainly don’t care about you or your health.

Pros

None - work/life balance is terrible on an hourly employee level. Salary employees come and go as they please. ;

Cons

No support from management on any level. Only a handful of people actually are about the employees and the company.