Avantages
-associate partners and below are mostly good
-about half the equity partners are good
-cool client base
-no CPA for promotions until partner
-nice office
-great food court
-good PTO
-great diversity in employees and clients
-switch between audit and tax
-flexible schedule
-unique situations because of foreign clients
-help with visas and other emigration stuff
-culture among lower ranking employees
-knowing multiple languages is rewarded
-nice standing desk/monitor setup
-good benefits
-awesome support staff
-lenient dress code
Inconvénients
-low pay
-high hours, constant pressure to underbill on clients and increase billables overall
-very few holidays (good PTO kind of balances)
-slow promotions on mandatory timeline (like first year seniors would be managers in most firms slow, remains true up the chain)
-low pay relative to current level, so a somewhat underpaid senior is really an incredibly underpaid manager
-once per year raises
-small bonuses
-lots of travel
-no time/support for CPA studying
-no WFH unless you’re one of the partners favorites
-people are fired or intentionally forced out, often, at all levels from associates to APs
-both tax and audit busy seasons
-very top heavy structure
-seniors and managers have to do a lot of preparation
-tools/resources are bad
-direct work review by managing partner and/or CEO (they are the only partner on a lot of jobs)
-pressure to go to external unpaid events
-favoritism, grade school politics
-lots of mandatory nonbillable time
-high employee competition
-high inter-office competition, no real coordination/sharing