Pros
Partners truly have an open-door policy that I have not experienced at other accounting firms Heavily invested in proper training at all levels Good all around culture for working environment Incentive program to pass CPA by offering to pay for study materials
Cons
Health insurance is simply outrageous and one of main reasons I had to leave. High Premium and Deductible Catch-22 for entering billing. If you don't enter enough, they want to know why you aren't working longer hours. If you enter honestly, the partner pressures the team to cut hours to meet budget. HR tried to fix but its an industry wide issue that never goes away. Previous engagement team can really screw you if they do an audit with eating hours because it sets expectation for next team to meet. They have high turnover rate like all large firms but they would pull Commercial auditors into Financial and then be reviewed as if they were Financial auditors with minimal training which was unfair. Put Financial auditors on Non-Profits and 401K planning audits during the summer making the only time to potentially study for CPA or have down time be 40 hour work weeks. Then would put those same auditors on interim testing at year end only to have someone else be assigned in February to finish off the job you did. Of course, they put you on a new engagement in February so you effectively work 2 busy seasons. Bonuses were brutally low and raises were 3-5%.