Great people, but riddled with smoke and mirrors - Anonymous employee Bernstein-Rein Employee Review

There is a severe and glaring lack of transparency throughout the entire agency. Upper management operates and communicates with the rest of the company through smoke and mirrors and won’t let anyone else in on what’s going on till it’s too late. There is a lot of power and reliance on less than a handful of individuals that are pretty out of touch with the rest of the agency and the industry as a whole. They talk a lot about “family” but will very quickly throw each other under the bus, claiming that it was for the good of the “family”. There also is a ridiculous lack of process and record keeping here. So much relies on “he-said-she-said” and no apartment ever wants to communicate with each other, leading to poorly led projects, redundancies in work, and very little efficiency. Those at the bottom of the totem pole work much more than their paid 40 hours a week and the stress and emotional strain is apparent. Employees are expected to “do whatever is necessary” with little to no thanks or recognition, but a 100% expectancy to do it again.