Poor management and communication - Recensione dipendente - Dipendente anonimo presso BDO

TLDR: Bad communication, bad management, no feedback, frequent layoffs. 1) Despite specifically asking about my on-boarding plan during the interview process and being assured there was one, there was not. My on-boarding plan was to read a 70 page legal document. I was never trained in a single task. 2) There is a culture of having lots of meetings, but decisions or action items are rarely determined in these meetings. I believe they are just to increase billing. I was told by junior staff they liked working with me because when I scheduled a meeting with them, they actually understood what the action items were, which was unique among people of my level or above. 3) I was lied to about receiving a bonus my first year. I was told to be eligible for a bonus in my first year, I had to join by a certain date in November. I set my start date specifically to meet this deadline, but I did not receive a bonus my first year. Had I known I would not have received a bonus, I would have taken more time off between jobs. When I raised this with my career advisor, he said he would try to resolve it, but he never followed up. 4) My career advisor was completely absent, often canceling check-ins at the last minute. 5) The circumstances of my departure were rude, cruel, and shady. My performance reviews had all been Successful, including my most recent mid-year review. Since that time, I had taken on numerous new responsibilities and a new project. I had developed what I thought to be was a good rapport with my project manager, and she was actively continuing to assign me new tasks and responsibilities. Then I was called out of the blue to inform me that I was being let go for performance reasons. I had never once received any negative feedback from my career advisor, and my project manager had indicated that I was largely succeeding in my role. I do not claim to be perfect, but I performed my work on time and accurately. I have no idea where this came from, and attempts to reach out to my project advisor to ask for clarification were ignored. I have since received out reach from many colleagues offering support, to indicate they believed I was treated unfairly, and that they would happily vouch for the quality of my work. 6) They had three layoffs in the 18 months I worked there. Not stabile.