Lions led by donkeys - Anonymous employee ForrestBrown Employee Review

Good company for R&D tax consultation. Very thorough in maximising claims.

Colleagues were fine but leadership team make it a very toxic environment, with loads of politics.

• Strong brand in the R&D tax space, which opens doors and creates opportunities. • Technical delivery team has great tax knowledge – advice is focused on legislative compliance unlike many firms in the space. • Structured onboarding and initial training provided a good tax technical foundation of knowledge. • Office environment is great and colleagues were very supportive at a peer level. • There is generally a good sense of camaraderie amongst the BD team and support functions.

• Support for sales staff is limited: Once onboarding is complete, you're largely left to navigate what is a complex landscape with minimal strategic support. • Progression opportunities are unclear: Despite early promises, career progression was slow and opaque. Clear paths were often hinted at but rarely materialised. • Regular changes to commission structure: Agreed pay structures were adjusted multiple times with little warning, which made it very difficult to trust long-term earning potential or plan ahead. • Top-down decision-making: Leadership tends to take a rigid, numbers-first approach that overlooks the on-the-ground realities of business development. • Recognition is inconsistent: Strong performance isn’t always rewarded fairly or consistently, and bottom up feedback from high performers was rarely considered for process improvement.