Pros
- if you are interested in affordable housing, this is a good firm with many experts in this area - most people are very nice, mainly because the office is not competitive. There is no incentive to get the cpa exam done because many of the people you work with and for do not have their cpa exams complete. Managers and partners favor those who do not have the exam done with the best assignments and bonuses because they don't feel threatened by those people. - summer leave early policy - dress code - CEO is nice and knows people's names outside of partners - flexible office hours, but this is the norm in this industry
Cons
- if you are not in affordable housing, you get little to no training in this office because no one has time to train you properly - I have not yet been on an engagement that there is not a fire drill. Every engagement is an emergency and needed to go out yesterday. The clients run the office and partners are very quick to throw staff seniors and managers under the bus instead of taking ownership. - compensation is really low compared to other peers in the industry in Boston. People who have left make 15-20k more and work fewer hours. Every year management says there is no money to pay. Mgmt should have budgeted more money to begin with for salaries. Maybe this will be better with the new omp. New bonus system, if you are lucky to get a bonus, is really low compared to my friends who are getting double digit bonuses and working fewer hours - unlike big 4 the firm does not pay for weekend parking or for travel home late at night - no 401k match - no work/life balance. Expected to work a minimum of 6 days a week during tax season and most partners are working 7, so you are expected to be there Pto is generous, but it cannot actually be used - there is no reason to put in additional hours or to do well on an assignment because the reward is to be assigned to much work and then get blamed for not being able to make impossible deadlines