Pros
Peers seemed nice and were willing to help the new guy
Cons
I was hired with no prior public accounting experience after spending two years in industry. I interviewed with an assurance partner and the lead partner of the firm. I made it clear to them that I had no prior public accounting, which both assured me was not a problem and that I would be taught. When I started there, I was told I would get a "buddy" to ease my transition. Well, the person they assigned me with wasn't even in the office for my first week, so they had to scramble and get a replacement. The first two weeks consisted of me taking training exams. For the next three weeks, I had absolutely no work given to me. I asked frequently if there was something I could do and kept being told that there wasn't anything at the moment that they wanted a new hire to work on. Finally, my sixth week there I got to go on my first audit. I was looking forward to getting my review on the last day of my seventh week there, but that never happened as I was let go the day before. When I tried to ask why this was happening and what I did to cause it, I got an HR response from the managing partner that "I wasn't a good fit". I didn't understand how that made any sense when I only have done one job and hadn't even gotten reviewed on how well I did. I feel I wasted seven weeks of my life with this organization and got nothing from it. I was told that I would be taught the ways of public accounting and how to improve. Instead, I was thrown to the curb with no reason why.