• Micromanagement: There's an overwhelming level of micromanagement from both partners and managers, which includes excessively controlling tasks and decision-making, leaving little autonomy for employees lead to delay in work
• Last-minute and blaming culture: Managers and partners often review work at the last minute and then blame staff for delays, creating unnecessary stress and an unfair work dynamic.
• Lack of Trust: Significant trust issues among partners and managers, specifically directed towards certain individuals, which creates a hostile and uneasy work environment.
• Favoritism: A clear culture of favoritism exists where individuals who are good at currying favor with management are promoted, with capability or performance rarely considered in the decision-making process.
• Gaslighting: Management is skilled at manipulating the reality of employees, making them second-guess their perceptions and experiences, creating confusion and doubt.
• Office Politics: A pervasive culture of office politics affects workplace dynamics, leading to unnecessary competition and distractions from actual work.
• Quality of Work: The quality of work produced is subpar, yet there's an expectation to compare ourselves to Big 4 firms, despite not being on par with even local firms in terms of performance or output.
• Unreasonable Scheduling and Poor Planning: There is a significant lack of planning, with fieldwork being initiated before management accounts are even available, which causes delays and stress.
• No personal time: Staff are only machine here.
• Inefficient Equipment: The laptops provided are slow and unreliable, with longer lead times than actual working time, despite a high cost of around $2600, coupled with a 3-year bond.
• Laptop Storage Issues: The laptops provided have insufficient disk space, hindering productivity and causing frustration.
• Lack of Knowledge: There is an expectation for data analytics to be performed, but management lacks the knowledge to guide staff properly, and insufficient time is given for proper execution.
• Side Income 1: The company insists on submitting hard copies of claim within a limited time frame, or employees must pay for any delays themselves, yet they still claim the expenses from clients.
• Side Income 2: They have a good management who can earn them extra side income while staff break bond under pressure from the good management.
• Excessive Administrative Work: There's a heavy focus on administrative tasks rather than actual audit work, leading to confusion about roles and responsibilities.
• Bank Confirmation and Courier Tasks: Audit staff are tasked with handling bank confirmation letters and courier duties, every staff need to spend excessive time to learn administrative work.
• Billing Responsibilities: Audit staff are tasked with billing duties, another excessive time. Admin department just responsible to send email
• Unclear Roles: The responsibilities of the CAT team remain unclear, particularly concerning engagement letters, creating confusion among staff.
• Poor Office Infrastructure: The office has no WiFi, and there are frequent issues accessing cloud-based documents provided by clients, forcing employees to use their own hotspots.
• Inflexible Work Arrangements: While flexible working arrangements are supposedly available, in practice, they are not respected, as decision-making remains centralized and rigid.
• Inadequate Workstations: Employees are only provided with small, portable monitors that are impractical for efficient work, especially for tasks that require multitasking.
• Unreasonable Expectations for Overtime: Staff are often asked to come back office after fieldwork or 6 pm to discuss unreasonable review points.
• Unequal Departmental Expectations: The audit team is constantly expected to liaise with clients and act as a point of contact, while other departments remain distant and avoid responsibility.
• Inadequate Pantry: The pantry is severely understocked, with only a single tin of biscuits provided for the entire company.
• Marketing-Focused Training: The training sessions provided are often more focused on marketing content than on relevant skills development, making staff feel confused.
