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CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)

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Don't even consider this firm - Anonymous employee CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) Employee Review

1.0
Aug 17, 2012
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Recommend
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Pros

You can resign from this firm, which you should do as soon as you can after joining. If you are lucky, they will still have a little reputation left to help your resume.

Cons

The partners are only looking out for themselves. The "merger" with Larson Allen, it turned out to be a takeover. Clifton Gunderson partners were given a period to show improvement or to sell their business units (particularly PHBV). That translates into very low CPE costs (yes, no learning), promises of a career and future promotions that the partners know are false, and an extremely uncaring work environment. Nearly everyone here is looking elsewhere. It was not great before the merger but pretty tolerable. After the merger, things have been going downhill and fast. I am actively looking to get out of here - anyone reading this and knows a position for a government performance auditor/ healthcare opening, please post on this page so I can apply. This place is understaffed and undermanaged but overworked.

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Cons

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Pros

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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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