Good company with solid benefits, but management lacks. - Accountant Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart P.C. Employee Review

Culture, Training, Compensation, Benefits, and Outlook

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The people are generally friendly on the surface, and there are good opportunities to learn if you’re early in your career. Many of the staff and some of the attorneys genuinely work hard and care about clients and their teams.

Unfortunately, the culture has really started shifting in a negative direction. There’s a strong gossip-heavy dynamic where information and frustrations travel around the office instead of being addressed directly or professionally. Over time, it’s created an enviornment where perception and politics seem to matter more than actual collaboration (even though collaboration is something leadership talks about constantly). There’s also kind of a high school aspect to the culture that can make the office feel really exclusionary and honestly emotionally draining at times. Certain shareholders seem more focused on hierarchy and power dynamics than mentorship or building a healthy team culture. There are definitely cliques and favoritism, and some of the professionalism feels performative depending on who’s in the room. What’s been the hardest part for me personally is realizing some people are only nice when they think you have something to offer them. If someone decides they don’t like you over something minor, you feel it. It can start to feel like you need to constantly manage personalities or “earn” basic respect, which gets exhausting after awhile. What’s disappointing is that a lot of people individually are genuinely kind and hardworking, but the broader culture is starting to normalize behavior that feels increasingly toxic. It’s not usually one huge incident, it’s more a slow wear-down over time. I really think leadership needs to take a harder look at morale, communication, and the behaviors that are being rewarded, tolerated, or honestly just ignored.