I recently did an internship with an accounting firm. My experience was great, and I accepted a full-time offer. The company is doing well and employees are overall very satisfied. I mention this because I do not intend to speak ill of the company with this post. This assignment requires me to identify a misalignment in the company, and I did identify one on my internship. The company preaches work-life balance, but there is no time and no way that this can be accomplished during busy season. The company makes up for it by providing additional benefits during the slower times of the year, but there is a misalignment between the work-life balance due to the nature and requirements of the business.
This is extremely difficult for married employees because a large portion of the employees are young and single. They are able to work a lot of hours and don't have a wife/kids at home. Because of the different types of employees, some employees are not understanding of married employees that would like to get home to their families. They like to take longer lunches, come in late, and head home late at night. As mentioned earlier, this can be very difficult at times for other employees and causes some professionals to leave.
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