A glorified collection agency - Court Support Specialist ABC Legal Services Employee Review

Dishonest management, false promises, poor leadership, no opportunity for advancement, unfair compensation, unethical values, socially inept staff, zero HR department with a self entitled and completely clueless CEO motivated entirely by greed. I was hired on at ABC Legal under the premise that I would be able to work in my own style that would produce the best results - a lie. I was told that based upon my experience, I could easily make between $50,000 and $70,000 within the first 6 months - a massive lie. I was told the company was a great place for advancement and longevity - another blatant lie. In fact, just about everything I was told about ABC Legal was completely untrue. The CEO is one of the most out of touch people I have ever met, only listening to the kind of feedback that he wants to hear. He would throw tantrums for finding a few dirty dishes in the sink or for having to wait while another employee made an espresso. He is a prime example of someone who was handed the keys to the kingdom and is akin to a child that throws its toys out of the crib when it doesn’t get it’s way. The management at ABC Legal are obsessed with numbers, profits and little else. People have very little value at ABC Legal and it's clear to see within working there for only a few months. They promote some of the worst people I've ever met in full knowledge of their toxic behaviors and mindsets. One manager said, upon being promoted, that he intended to eliminate the "excess joy" within the office. His obvious inexperience, insufficient basic human compassion and complete lack of management skills did exactly that. He would berate other departments behind their backs, lie to his own team members faces and slander them when they were not present. Anyone who dared to object to this behavior was promptly threatened and/or fired with little or no valid reasoning. ABC Legal does not have a HR department and therefore acts with impunity when it comes to the treatment and/or dismissal of their staff. There is zero transparency in regards as to how they handle serious HR issues. Most of the staff are either too afraid, inexperienced or socially undeveloped to challenge the management's decisions, creating a deplorably hostile work environment. They hire younger staff who are desperate to gain experience, only to overwork them with little compensation for the efforts they exert. The company elects only to promote staff who are willing and ruthless enough to step on the backs of others to get ahead. Their turnover is atrocious. Gossip, sexism and favoritism are rampant and mostly goes unchecked. Misery sets the tone at ABC Legal and it’s tangible from the moment you begin to peer beyond the initial BS. It’s a glorified collection agency that serves and feeds off of many of America’s giant debt buying corporations. The Kobe building that ABC Legal currently occupies in Seattle used to be a Japanese theater before the second World War. Those Japanese were sent to internment camps and most never returned. Ironically, that’s the exact feeling you get while working at ABC Legal. An internment camp fueled by greed and motivated by pure selfishness. Despite their attempts to remodel the facade and interior of the building, the fact remains that ABC Legal is a company that is rotten at its core.