Think twice before joining the toxic Finance/Accounting department - Accounting Nautilus Employee Review

Appalling management in Finance and Accounting, originating from the CFO. No matter how dedicated you are, her “I’m the boss so you have to slave around the clock for me but I’ll still never be happy” mentality is tough to put up with…as are her demeaning comments at every meeting. Even more troubling is her lack of basic respect for people’s health. Most employees were certain she would have kept them in the office at the start of the pandemic if it weren’t for the government mandate, even as it was clear COVID was a serious health risk and all other nearby companies had shut down in-person activities. Employee well-being is the very, very last thing on her mind. The Finance/Accounting department managers never specify what the expectations for a particular role are, making it very easy (and extremely common) for them to distort people’s job duties and increase work loads. Working late and on weekends is a norm, as is the constantly putting out fires that arise everyday. There is also a TON of pressure on new hires to get up to speed yet onboarding is pretty spotty. Also, management keeps blaming the pandemic market conditions for turnover but people started leaving this department en masse well before that. A number of recent hires left in under three months citing no work-life balance and a strange department culture. The temps never seem to accept full-time roles for the same reasons. At the slightest sign of financial trouble, the company jumps straight to cutting employee bonuses. This is not easy to deal with since the pay and benefits are not great to begin with. Salary/title negotiations are said to be futile and filled with vague timelines and promises. Overall, this department is known to have a very different culture than the company as a whole. While most departments place some focus on culture and reasonable working hours, Finance and Accounting burdens its employees to no end. The department's issues have become something of a joke among the other departments.