Bentley Bratcher & Associates Employee Review

Former Employee – worked at Bentley Bratcher & Associates full-time

Pros – There were some fun people to work with (all of which have probably already left the place). Free snacks and soda in the kitchen!

If you are able to connect with the personalities of the upper management (which some people were fortunate to be able to do), then you might be able to look past the problems and enjoy the informal environment.

Cons – Partners are at a complete disconnect with the staff and even the managers. There is no cohesion between what partners/upper management expect and what lower-level managers and staff feel like they should be doing -- hence managers/staff are always perceived to be wrong. Lack of communication from management regarding expectations make staff oblivious to what is expected of them. Flexibility does not exist because partners are not very comfortable with the idea of their employees working from home -- which stems from a lack of trust and the inability to recognize that their employees are capable of being honest, responsible, and accountable for their own work and time. Employees are expected to show up from 8 to 5 everyday and on weekends even if their tasks are very much possible to be done from home. Forget needing time with your family -- the partners frown upon employees who leave early due to personal reasons (and in some cases, terminated them).

Do not be fooled during the interview. They have the ability to draw a curtain over all the faults of the place and sweep all their problems under a rug and pretend that everything's upsy daisy. Nothing is in order around here. If you want to work with people who run around with their head cut off during busy season deadlines because they are very disorganized, then this is the place for you!

Advice to Senior Management – Treat your employees like professionals, not hormonally-challenged teenagers who can't get anything right -- because they CAN get things right. You just have to give them the opportunity to be really good. There are better firms out there (TONS of them), so you should be thankful that people even CONSIDER working for you. Treasure your employees (or what's left of them).

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company