DOWL reviews

We are glad to hear that you recommend DOWL as a company and that DOWL's Open Leave policy has been a benefit to you. Sounds like you are taking full advantage of it the way it was intended. I assure you that management cares about the employees, and any action to the contrary is the result of neglect and being busy themselves, not from what they feel in their heart. Yes, we do tend to challenge people and get them to rise in their career and contribute outside their comfort zone (but not in the panic zone). DOWL has a great mix of demanding and valuable clients, and we work hard to keep them happy and meter our work load locally and across the firm. I assure you that there is nothing that I or the management team likes to do more than give bonuses and raises to our passionate contributors that are so deserving. That is why we try to run a tight ship that produces results. Because I am unable to see who wrote this comment or what office they are located in, I would encourage you to contact me directly to discuss the morale issue (confidentially). Most of the offices I visit have a great spirit and culture and the staff believe that our best days are in front of us. If there are offices that need an injection of sunshine and optimism, I would like to help out.

Welcome aboard and thanks for the positive review. DOWL constantly examines our benefits program and that includes our open leave policy for exempt employees. This policy has been in place for the legacy DOWL company since its inception almost 60 years ago. Depending on a which employee you ask, it is either a great way to recognize professionals that allows them to personally meter their work, or it is an atypical system that should be scrapped in favor of an accrual system. We have invested much energy in crafting a new policy/plan with the help of employee focus groups. Hopefully we have struck a balance that bridges the gap between the two philosophical camps - at this point we intend to roll it out in January 2019.