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CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)

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Traumatizing experience; they don't really care about their employees - Anonymous CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) Employee Review

2.0
May 1, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Ok salary, good location and can learn a lot in a short period of time. Some people and managers/partners are nice.

Cons

Other managers treat you like a dog in some departments. The break minutes are counted to the second. They may start screaming at you for standing up from your chair 2 times in 1 hour, or for other unjustified reasons. There is one department where nobody stays for too long - not because of the workload, but because a manager (recently promoted to director) managed to kick everyone out including other managers, seniors and juniors as a result of her casual anger breakdowns. Here the fact that you are competent means nothing if you aren't the type to be held in a leash all day long and apologize on your knees for something you didn't even do inherently wrong. Dictatorship-style, dead&toxic atmosphere. Some people are cool, but if you take breaks together you may be accused of boycotting the management. Worse than in communism. A perfect fit for CLA Romania should: - be responsible and highly disciplined (need to be at the office before 9:00 and stay overtime, otherwise it is deemed that you do disrespect the office culture) - display strategic mindset and critical thinking (every minute of you moving around in the office is taken out of your 1-hour lunch break time; need to learn how to maximize lunch time and minimize the trips to the bathroom/kitchen and back to your desk) - thrives under pressure (got to learn to focus on your work and ignore background noises - screams - as a lot of conflicts are resolved through public arguments) - are a silent typer (otherwise you may be screamed at for making too much noise on the keyboard) To everyone who has self-respect and wants to grow both professionally and personally at work: do yourself a favour and look for something else!

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5.0
Jul 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Culture and mentoring programs with teams

Cons

Compensation appears to be stunted even for promotion

1.0
Jul 6, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good thing national teams allow remote work opportunity because there's not enough space in the local offices anyway, but you might just end up working after hours more often than not.

Cons

No pay raises year after year which is an actual pay decrees when taking into account inflation, fake "flexible" PTO, required to work 45 hours a week without any overtime, raises, bonus, or any financial reward which actually matters. You have to do ridiculous workday feedbacks, and self review every quarter but it means nothing because they don't even consider the feed back you've received when laying off. It is your job to find work, and when there is't enough work for you it's your fault, not leadership's. You get promised new projects and they are always delayed for months at a time and many times nothing even comes out of it. Pretentious company that likes to call itself "family" - only red flags here.

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