What are the hallmarks of a poorly run tax practice, in your experience?

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In my experience:
- No upfront communication about the client (facts about what they do, how the business operates, etc) or the work to be performed
- Budgets based on what the partner wants to charge, rather than the complexity of the work, and employees constantly getting in trouble for going over budget (just go ahead and charge what you want to charge for goodness sakes)
- Trial by fire/sink or swim mentality

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