There is a better way to work in finance - Associate Accordion Employee Review

Lots of exposure to different industries and high autonomy. Flexibility is really nice here. Management works hard to have a good company culture

As typical in the industry, hours can be cyclical

There are some genuinely thoughtful and smart people at this company. Accordion is lucky to have them.

Most people are looking for an exit. Leadership is waiting on the next transaction; everyone else is interviewing and very openly unhappy. Leadership knows, doesn't care and doesn't have the tools to fix it. Toxic Leadership – New leadership has built a culture where individual contributions are minimized, expectations are opaque, and loyalty is rewarded over competence. There is broad distrust of leadership and I'm sure most people have a story about a current or former colleague that was treated poorly. Compensation – Targets are unclear, and total comp is effectively tied to whether the entire firm hits its aggressive annual budget — which it hasn't in several years. In practice, most employees receive roughly 80% of target regardless of hours worked or business brought in. There are accounts of leadership privately joking about how little someone was paid as a bonus after securing multi-million dollar engagements. Culture – A few years ago, there was a genuinely strong culture. Today it is rife with internal politics and layers of disengaged management more focused on credit attribution and asserting authority over people over delivering client value.