While the people at BDA are great, BDA's refusal to advance to the modern age from a technological standpoint is very frustrating. BDA's refusal to create a competent CRM system and develop stable websites leads to creating simple reports to be an excruciating process. This contributes to BDA making decisions based on emotion rather than based on a logical foundation.
Way too many meetings. I bet there wouldn't be so much crunch at if BDA made a conscious effort to reduce meetings. Speaking of, I have seen many staff work during PTO so BDA is more than fine overworking employees if it helps them in the short run. You'll hear management verbally be against this behavior but not actually back it up.
BDA also refuses to create realistic goals for clients which can lead to a lot of unnecessary conflict and this refusal to be transparent with both clients and employees leads employees like myself having little to no confidence in upper management. With BDA's history of lay offs and disorganization, let's just say I feel very little security in my work.
While I personally have no problem with crass humor, hearing Jay Deutsch speak in such a manner right in front of all HR personnel gives me little confidence in leadership. I really enjoy Jay's enthusiasm and passion for BDA so I know he has what it takes to be a killer CEO but there's a time and place for everything and those types of jokes should not be tolerated in a work setting in front of hundreds of employees at team calls.
BDA's terrible organization leads to a lot of unnecessary conflict as well but with the company being so poorly organized and a poor standard of operations, many employees like myself feel more like glorified babysitters.
