Company: Deloitte
Date: 2019-02-08
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

Getting Better By The Day!
Pros: I will make almost 5 years with this firm and so many things have changed ever since! You may look at some bad reviews further below and I cannot say that some of them are not true! However, there have been periods with ups and downs and management has recognized most of these pressing challenges the company was facing. I can definitely say that management has started getting things right and they have started caring a lot more than they have before. Its not that they have not done that before, its just that they understood how important it is to be LISTEN to the employees, BE OPEN to feedback and understand that your EMPLOYEES is what the firm makes the firm great.

I have said this in many occasions in talking with company's partners, associates, colleagues -- people at BAL is company's best trait. Hands down! You will love the camaraderie here and colleagues will help you succeed. Managers too, although I must say that depending on which department you work at, your relationship with your manager will dictate your experience overall. 

Thursday Bagels and Company Wide parties are a standard, so you will like what is happening on the culture end of things.  Bagel Day is soon to be complemented with other snack suggestions on Thursdays, so they are mixing things up.

They have thought about making employees happy financially. They have raised salaries significantly (at least within my department) and company has become very competitive with the other competitors in the industry!

I recommend BAL for those completing their studies or those who would like to pursuit career within the immigration industry. You will brush up immediately on client management, account management and productivity skills.
Cons: This is not the industry that everyone will like what they do and strive for more as time passes by. Work by nature is stressful. At times case load has been unmanageable, hence overtime was the answer to a lot of growth and high case load, which has affected employees' work life balance and lead to high turnover rate. Feedback has been provided many times re: case load and things have started improving.

Sometimes, you would realize departments do not communicate between and at times may occur as poor communication. Depending on type of work you do at the firm, this may not affect your life at BAL, however its worth putting it out there.

Lots of jobs have bee shifted from California to Texas and I really hope in time some jobs will be reopened here in California.