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Overall a bad experience to work at Dean Dorton. I worked in admin for about a year. The environment was very strange. Tax/accounting/etc professionals were treated much better than admin. I was often talked down to and even cussed out by people in this group. When I told my manager they just laughed and said it was normal. There is obviously a large group of people working there that can’t get fired. They have a ton of turnover due to how they treat any support roles (significantly less pay, PTO, and flexibility). For example, support staff have to be in office 5 days (even if the role is completely online), but everyone else can work from home whenever. Had to risk driving in very snowy days to get to the office to not cut into vacation (my job was completely online and I generally didn’t talk to anyone throughout the day). When I brought this up to my manager he didn’t care meanwhile he could work from home. When I brought it up to HR they belittled me. Support staff has very limited PTO, the rest have unlimited. There was no place to move up. For example I have a finance degree, but since I was on admin I was never considered for any accounting roles until my exit interview. I could go on. Now that I have a decent job and am respected in my role, I see just how strange the environment at Dean Dorton was. If you want flexibility, expect people to be held accountable for actions, and to be paid well: stay far away. 

The benefits are what keeps people there to work. I was taken advantage of because of my age. I was a lot younger than most of the other admins so they placed blame on me instantly. They also only looked at my mistakes rather than the excellent work I produced. My errors only averaged about 5% compared to the work I got correct but time and time again they made me feel like I failed at my job. Admins were required to stay and work through COVID, they said we could take off but it would only be paid for if we had PTO. I could never take time off unless I had PTO, even if I said I wanted to take time off and not be paid for it, I wasn’t allowed to make that decision. I wasn’t allowed to decide what time I wanted to take lunch. The Firm Administrator never really cared about my experiences and always said there was something different I should of done. They claim they are not corporate but they run the office exactly like a corporate business textbook. The good about the company is the continuing education classes they offer, all the shareholders were very nice to me and respectful. I just had issues with people in my own department. 

Good company if in an accountant, bookkeeper, or auditor position and working remotely. Very stressful, unsupportive, and negative work environment for those in administrative support positions. Witnessed employees in tears because of harsh treatment by Firm Administrator, with half of staff leaving in 1 1/2 years. Lack of team mentality, employees worked against each other, fostered by poor management. Administrative Assistant, Data Entry, Seasonal Associate, and Receptionist positions are frequently vacant, openings continuously posted in Indeed, and should be avoided. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great benefits, PTO, flexibility to work remotely.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The hours are very high compared to other firms during busy season.  Other firms have figured out how to spread the work all year long, but Dean Dorton still works everyone like crazy from Feb-April.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
They don't do a great job of making you feel valued or appreciated except when they need you to work extra hours.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The hours are long, the people aren't necessarily friendly but the benefits are good and the flexibility to work remotely is good.

This was a great company to work with. They work very well with work/life balance having starting off with 5 weeks of vacation. Tax season is a very busy time of the year with 60 hour weeks and vacations do not happen during the first 4 months of the year but they work to keep their employees motivated during this time. VonLehman has become a second family to me and I would recommend it to everyone.

Everyone there, partners included, accepted my with open arms. The atmosphere is fast paced but fun. I learned about real-life accounting, had a spacious work area, and the company catered in many meals for busy season that were fantastic. I enjoyed the work I did. The job gave me the opportunity to travel in and out of the office and meet many new professionals. I would recommend working at Dean Dorton Allen Ford to anyone. The best place I have ever worked thus far.

DDAF gave me the unique opportunity to break in my novice medical coding skills after I had obtained by certification through AAPC. The Healthcare Consulting team was fantastic in supporting me by assigning me work that grew more complex as I continued there. I learned quite a bit about medical coding through DDAF. I would have continued to stay there; unfortunately, due to an important job transfer related to my wife's employment, I had to leave my position.

Bad experience working here . Poor manager. Wasn’t happy, overworked, not true work life balance like they emphasized. In corporate accounting  now, so much better and real work life balance. A lot less stress and I’m happier.  Such a high turnover at this firm. Seems like everyone is resigning every other week. 

Challenging and fun HR leadership role tasked with leading all facets of strategic and administrative HR in a growing accounting firm headquartered in Lexington, KY.  I have the unique and exciting opportunity to frequent firm locations in Louisville and Lexington.

Management consistently sets employees up to fail, claiming they don't have time to help employees.  It's sink or swim.  Management also has no regard for employees experiencing health difficulties.  In a group management review of employees they spoke of employees that missed too much time, then went in to health issues for a reason to give a poor score.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Audit associate 3 salaries reported	$58,333 per year
Sales engineer 1 salary reported	$75,000 per year
Dental assistant 1 salary reported	$20.50 per hour
Controller 1 salary reported	$80.00 per hour
Chief financial officer 1 salary reported	$100 per hour

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