Hein & Associates Reviews

I have been working at Hein & Associates full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Team environment, great leadership, open door policy, everyone is approachable from staff to partners, great learning environment with hands on experience, the partners are truly invested in you as a person

Cons – Having to get your CPA license (in general). Other than that, I really don't have any cons about working at Hein. I really enjoy my job and the people that I get the opportunity to work with to be honest.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to invest in your employees, fostering growth, and team work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Hein & Associates full-time for more than a year

Pros – The atmosphere is super positive, the people who work here are great, the pay is good, the benefits are strong, and the culture is awesome. I love it here.

Cons – Tax season is... Well, tax season. It's very busy, but the company works hard to take care of people during that time.

Advice to Senior Management – You're doing a great job.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Hein & Associates full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great hiring promises. Everything looks good coming in the door. Unfortunately, the follow-through isn't there. Everything is rosy on day one, but before too long, it's clear that there are a different set of priorities at work.

Cons – The cool-kids high school clique is something I thought I'd left behind long ago, but at Hein, that describes the partner group. The firm is among the most profitable in the industry, but there's only one metric: individual utilization. Keep billing at all costs and know that your personal life means nothing.

Advice to Senior Management – Grow up. Stand behind your people and your commitments to them. Lack of trust was cited as a prevalent issue in firm surveys, but the leaders couldn't figure out why that was an issue.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at Hein & Associates full-time for more than a year

Pros – Incredibly talented, accessible partners
Great learning opportunities
Interesting client base
Excellent benefits and "perks" (free food, massages, etc)

Cons – At times. it's like being back in high school rather than in a professional work environment.

Advice to Senior Management – It isn't wise to put all of your eggs in one basket - managers may feel that they are indispensible and thus free to treat both superiors and direct reports with less respect than they deserve.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Hein & Associates full-time for more than a year

Pros – more perks than a lot of other accounting firms like parking allowances, over time pay, and more of a work life balance.

Cons – Not having a big name firm

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Hein & Associates full-time for less than a year

Pros – Overall Hien is a good firm and a good place to work. The accountants work hard but there are perks. The IT department is ran well overall.

-Great compensation
-Training opportunities
-Nice offices in down town

Cons – IT is part of an overall operations unit and it somewhat hard to navigate how this works with the accounting staff.

-The politics are a mess
- Too many cooks in the kitchen to effectively do some projects
-More like 50 hours than 40 hours

Advice to Senior Management – Make employees more aware of the political process so that they can work with it not against it.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Hein & Associates

Pros – Atmosphere is pleasant - some, but not a lot of politics; enjoyable group of people to work with overall, exposure to all aspects of financial audit vs one section as you may find at big 4

Cons – Varying management styles and expectations are sometimes difficult to understand and predict until you worked with a person a couple of times, applies to public accounting in general but very little control over your own schedule until you reach manager or above

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to keep all levels of employees involved in decisions that are made, this is done adequately, could be better but could also definitely be a lot worse

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Hein & Associates full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – constructive feedback from upper management
overtime pay
opportunity for bouns

Cons – initial pay could be more competitive

Advice to Senior Management – Continued feedback
Pay
Employee appreciation activities

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Hein & Associates

Pros – work and people are extremely valued,overtime pay

Cons – base salary is a bit low

Advice to Senior Management – Leadership is great

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Hein & Associates

Pros – Great communication and knowledge sharing with staff; supports CPA license studies; room for growth personally and professionally; Diverse range of clients in various industries to gain experience from and to learn about; All levels of management have open door policy and are very approachable; Flexible work schedule; Partners & mgmt try to work with you when personal problems are occurring; Promotes work-life balance; Team-oriented atmosphere

Cons – Sometimes engagement feedback takes a while to receive due to everyone's schedules being busy;

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend