“I appreciate the firm culture and the level of support/feedback I get from supervisors. I did get thrown into the winter busy season with just bare basic preparation, and that was difficult to adjust to at first. However, now that I've gotten more informed and comfortable with preparing returns, I feel more comfortable for the upcoming spring busy season.”

“This firm gets it right. Enough people to back you up when you need to step away and the type of training that leaves you confident you can assist others in your department without worry. They make an investment in the office culture by having different committees, but these aren't just lip service committees that plan for the higher ups—their support staff are also included.”

“I think the firm has a great culture and really invests in the people that work here. They want what is best for everyone and try to make it a good experience for all. The worst aspect is the work/life balance. The hours are quite long the higher you move up because so many of the people at that level have left the firm. This is especially true at the senior associate level (three to five years). while the firm encourages vacation, it can be hard to take because you end up having to work a lot of overtime to make up for the time you are missing, which defeats the purpose of PTO.”

“Firm-wide holidays are very generous, and management makes an effort to plan them in order to enable people to tack on their own PTO to make for extra-long weekends. This was encouraged, and really let me and many others totally unplug from work and recharge with friends and family. That is really important in a demanding industry like public accounting.”