Tax Analysts Reviews

First off, this is not a journalism outlet -- it's a bunch of lawyers and legal analysts who write for other lawyers. Most of the time, the writers are mind-numbingly boring and have no clue how to write. Management here is awful -- it's a hostile, nerve-wracking work environment, and most people are truly miserable -- at least in the division I worked in. It's a snitch culture, and the managers have their favorites whom they dote on, and treat the rest abominably. There is incredibly high turnover here, which is a clear red flag. Any self-respecting experienced journalist would shun this place, and if you are interested in writing or editing copy about taxes, then apply to Bloomberg instead.

- Company policy and hiring process promised eventual telework. When a few of us signed up for it they quickly changed the policy, and even attempted to take away telework days from people who had it for over 15 years. This was done in coordination with a new HR chief who, get this, works from home 3 days out of the week. - Upper management is power hungry and does not listen to constructive criticism. There is one guy that pretty much makes all the decisions in the Editorial Department. He likes to think he's running a corporation instead of a non-profit and treats his employees as such. Makes a 180k+ salary with bonuses, but takes away peoples telework and makes changes to the company policy without actually making those changes in the official documentation. - This place consistently gets "Best Places to Work" awards, but that was before, when they had a culture of laid back, but hard working people. We were allowed to bring our dogs in. Now there's all these confusing rules about who can bring which dogs in when. This all changed when they hired a new HR chief who hates dogs apparently. - Terrible communication between upper management and staff. And when there is it is condescending, belittling language. They pretend to listen and care, then go behind your back to get your in trouble for speaking out. - Right now they gave out a survey, when the survey came back negative they decided to seek out the person who gave negative scores rather than address the issues brought up. - New CEO doesn't seem to care about any of this. Gives out some random awards, dinky gifts, and stale holiday parties, but rarely actually gets involved with the lower echelon of employees. - Doesn't take care of veteran employees who helped build departments in the company. In on specific example this was due to a move, where someone needed a better work-life balance situation, which they give to their tax lawyers and reporters, but scoffed at the idea of giving it to this employee forcing her to quit, ending a 20+ year career that helped earn the company millions in profit. This was also partly due to one of the worst cases of a manager in that departments history, who they sided with until the entire department quit. Then they removed that manager. - Consistently changing HR teams. HR acts like they're on your side, but really can't do anything because the HR chief is friends with upper management. There's more, but I think you get the point.