New management has significantly turned the department around. But with good things come sacrifices. Management as well as a lot of the Internal Audit staff are ex-Big 4. Even though most of us left to get a work/life balance, to get more exposure to different business areas, less happy hours, it seems thats where management wants to take this department.
Work/life seems to be a joke. If you're not working 45+ hours, you're not working. Working remotely has become next to impossible b/c of how management "perceives" working from home.
Most of the department are single late 20's, early 30's who want to work 50+ hour weeks. If you have a family and value a work/life balance, you have two options: 1.) don't work in Internal Audit or 2.) understand that when you leave at 4-5pm, it'll be either frowned upon or conversations will happen behind your back.
Due to cost savings, a ton of LPLs IT department has been transitioned off-shore and most positions are being recruited for in Charlotte, NC (where the wages and cost of living is a lot lower than San Diego).
There is constant turnover of staff, not only in Internal Audit, but also throughout the organization. Many times upper management leaves without even providing two-week notice (e.g., ex president of LPL).
