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CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)

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The Best Public Accounting Firm - Senior Associate CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen) Employee Review

4.0
Jul 20, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Unlimited PTO, paid 16 weeks maternity leave, the option to go to doctor appointments whenever I want or to take off early on a Friday. Healthcare, Dental, and Eye Insurance are so-so .. not great, but not terrible. 401K match is appreciated. The busy hours aren't wonderful but its public accounting - what did you expect? If you don't like busy hours you can change to AWA schedule. My boss is amazing to work under. I would not have stayed at CLA if it were not for him. I have been on a call with Jen Leary before and she seems in-tune and dedicated to the firm - I really appreciate all continues to do for us.

Cons

High turnover (welcome to public accounting), I get paid less than I deserve even after conversations upon conversations with my Principal, my entire team which is made up of 20+ people are all white men (I am not).

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Pros

Culture and mentoring programs with teams

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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