Eide Bailly reviews

Eide Bailly's staff is very clicky. Upper management for the administrative team meets bi-weekly for touch bases which are pointless. Any concerns brought to them are basically blown off and given back to you to deal with, meaning nothing really ever gets taken care of or fixed. Seniority is used against you, when it is their best interest to throw in your face. The tax administrative staff will 'train' you and then act like you are interrupting them and being annoying if you have any questions. Be expected to know everything there is to know by the 2nd year you work there and don't ask any questions. I kept copious notes and still had questions which I ended up being afraid to ask because they wouldn't be received with any respect. The partners are wonderful to work with for the most part and I had very good relationships with them, but unfortunately you don't work as closely with them as you do the administrative staff. To work here you need to not make mistakes, because doing so means that you 'don't care about your job'. Working in the administrative department is like riding a roller coaster of ups and downs and it's draining. The pros did not out weigh the cons which was a huge reason I left.

Like most public accounting firms, they run jobs per budget hours. If you are not familiar with the projection and spent too much time (per their definition 5-hour budget return should not take you 5.5 hours to finish), it is not acceptable. At the same time, if they required 60 chargeable hours per week and you only worked 64 hours ( which is higher than 60 right?), that is not acceptable either. Because they are really looking for 75 or 80. Very interesting management style. If you can work the hours, you will grow fast but do not expect to get paid fairly.