CBIZ Accounting Tax & Advisory Services Reviews

Pros

the people are sweet. i dont really understand why i was let go. but i was, so i have to deal with it.

Cons

money was not that good. evern though i was only an admin, i should have still been payed a fair amount.

Advice to Senior Management

be kind at all times.

Pros

Plenty of room for advancement

Cons

Asked to take a pay cut and made to work more.

Advice to Senior Management

The only concern is the bottom line. There are real people that work there, not just bodies performing work. When times are tough, don't take it out on your employees.

Pros

The place gives good experience.

Cons

The management does not treat their employees with respect

Advice to Senior Management

Treat employees bettter

Pros

benefits are so very good

Cons

clientele is so very bad

Advice to Senior Management

better benefits

Pros

The associates are very friendlly and outgoing. The directors have a successful open door policy and are willing/enjoy helping people learn the job.

Cons

The only downside is that this company is just now developing their mentor program to pair up a new associate with a seasoned associate to ensure jobs are completed adequately.

Advice to Senior Management

Develop and enforce the mentor program to ensure that new associates and interns are aware of both the good and bad work they are doing. Without any guidence employees cannot know how to correct their actions.

Pros

opportunities, training, and corporate environment

Cons

There are no cons, other than the potential instability of your position during poor economic times

Advice to Senior Management

Other than mentioned above, no comments

Pros

Good environment, good employees, work-life balance

Cons

Low morale, too many lay-offs, no perks or recognition for great, not much variety of work

Advice to Senior Management

Better communication w/ staff

Pros

The firm has gives its new hires the opportunity to try out both tax and audit prior to choosing a specialty.

Cons

Management is oblivious to what is going on in the office or are unwilling to try to understand how their staff feel. Favoritism is a major issue in the LA office. Also, due the the dwindling number of clients that the office has and the inability to obtain new ones, staff will not get a sufficient accounting experience needed to progress in their careers. The usual problems of being a mid-tier accounting firm with small to mid-sized companies are also prevalent (unsophisticated clients and clients with the inability to grasp simple accounting principles).

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your employees and open your eyes to what is going on around you. Do not rely on here-say to base your opinions on employees. Promotions and praise should be based on merit instead of favoritism. Partners and managers should think about how their actions will be perceived by their subordinates.

Pros

work/life balance and flexible schedule

Cons

Poor management. Management does not care about employees' future career path

Advice to Senior Management

Need to have some balance in management power

Pros

The staff there is mostly friendly and very helpful. There is work life balance here since the clients are mostly manufacturing companies, there is never really much of a rush on anything. It is pretty easy to complete your cpa here, get VERY BASIC training and go somewhere better. They have good corporate clients and many consolidated returns. Personally, its an ok place if your trying to be in a laid back environment as there is no backstabing or jealous staff that is competting for the "good clients" most of the people here are in there 30s and not really interested in becoming a big tax person. If your looking for a calm/ stress free environment this is it. Free metro cards

Cons

The managers will not teach you. The will give you barely enough info to get the tax return done. I know a staff that was working there for 5 years and resently started to get partnership returns. This place can be dangerous because, you stay here 2 or 3 years and dont leave because its easy , since the managers dont give corrections back, then you become like a data entry person, and you cant really leave because you dont know someone with 2 or 3 years should know. You will get stuck. Alot of times, they wont give you the return so you don't know if u made any errors. Its very slow growth there. I know this guy who worked there for 10 years and only became manager because he threatened to leave. Also, alot of times the managers are to lazy to train anyone. There are a few managers who will take the time out to show you how to do stuff, its really your luck there. I would say that if your young its better to go else where, just because you have the ability to work abit harder and other places may promote quicker. If your in your mid 30s and you know the basics than this is a very good place to work. its easy with a excellent work life balance and managers get offices.

Advice to Senior Management

Managers should give staff the returns to correct, not just do the corrections themselves. Also, if you see someone is not doing what they should do, speak up, give a warning, dont just ignore it and fire/ layoff people. This is why, you are losing clients, because, there will be a different staff, manager, partner on the return everyyear, making errors that could have been avoided.