Profit-Driven, Not Diverse and Socially Irresponsible
Pros
Flexibilities like working from home and no set hours. The staff is all very smart and accomplished. Some staff really are passionate about the work and are compassionate toward others.
Cons
The firm has been around for 35 years since 1985 and has only grown to 300 staff and 100M dollars. Nepotism and favoritism are pillars in the HMA structure. Leadership is all friends who have been at the from nearly the beginning and are committed to hiring their friends (over 75% white) into an old structure that hasn't been adapted to the changing staff demographic or the change in times. Not for people of color. POC had their salaries cut and no DEI investments occurred at peak COVID while the firm continued to hire other staff and acquire other firms. The firm is very expensive and has a loss/win rate of 70/30. The rate structure also out-prices staff from working with clients they have the skills to support. The firm is competitive both externally and internally and staff finds themselves begging for work internally. The firm has no mission or vision statement. Leadership was silent during the murders of Amaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd and posted no internal or external position statement. After staff outpour to hire an external DEI consultant leadership team formed a small team of less than 5% of the firm to non-transparently "do work" on DEI initiatives and turned it into an irresponsible revenue-generating mechanism. Pay is non-competitive for junior staff - capping salaries for even those with master degrees at $55K with no path for promotion.
