LarsonAllen Reviews

Current Employee – been working at LarsonAllen

Pros – Very Industry specific driven. If you are fortunate to get in a good industry, you will enjoy your job (assuming it's what you enjoy doing). I am lucky enough to be in one of the good industries and offices. I have people that listen to my dreams and care enough to help me find them here within LarsonAllen.

Cons – Industries/groups are lead by individuals that lack compassion and understanding that a job isn't a "life" for every single person. It's only 1 piece of their lives that make the whole pie.

Advice to Senior Management – Take the time to ask and listen to employees of all levels. Every single employee has value in making LA as successful as it is.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at LarsonAllen full-time for more than a year

Pros – Given many responsibilities, even as intern or level 1 staff.
Diverse group of coworkers.
Trusts employees; does not look over your shoulder while you work.

Cons – Competitive environment that requires you to match your peers time and effort, whether or not you are a workaholic as well.
Poor work/life balance; noticed many middle aged coworkers did not have time for families or outside interests. Didn't have enough time to volunteer outside of work.
Some managers are great but others who are in high levels of responsibility are still acting like they are in college, partying with younger coworkers.

Advice to Senior Management – Loosen up on the competitive requirements. Why should I work 70 hours just because my coworker, who has no personal life, does?
More flexibility with time off. We had to use a whole day of PTO if we had to go home part way through the day due to illness or a doctors appointment.

Current Employee – been working at LarsonAllen as an intern

Pros – Somewhat flexible schedule, as long as you get your tasks completed it can be nice not to have that set 8-5 schedule.

Cons – As with any public accounting firm, you can expect very long hours during busy season.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to take better care of those underneath you, as they are your support and can make your job a heck of a lot easier. After all, turnover is a major issue in the industry..

Former Employee – worked at LarsonAllen full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Lots of freedom to get the job done, fairly good resources for assistance, ability to stretch yourself by switching industries or offices

Cons – some partners are promoted soley because of technical knowledge, not people skills
work-life balance sounds great, but difficult in practice - hours are still the main metric

Advice to Senior Management – spend more money and time for development of interpersonal skills for staff at all levels
recognize that work-life balance is easy to promote but difficult to manage

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at LarsonAllen

Pros – The firm is pretty classy and tends to hire from the more prestigious business schools in the area. Most recognize the name of the firm, and it's nice to have on the resume.

Cons – As with all CPA firms, busy season is, well, busy. Most workgroups are affected by busy season between January and April, and it's not uncommon to see even principals working over 80 hours per week during this time.

Advice to Senior Management – The executives outlined progressive path that employees may follow, but not every business unit follows this path. it would be helpful if every workgroup was consistent in providing promotion opportunities for employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at LarsonAllen

Pros – The staff are very great people and very intelligent.

Cons – Local leadership is horrible. There is no sense of true LarsonAllen environment created in Arizona. There is too little potential for promotion in the local office.

Current Employee – been working at LarsonAllen

Pros – Great people to work around.

Cons – Office is in a bad location.

Advice to Senior Management – N/A

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at LarsonAllen

Pros – Growth potential
Big firm in midwest and want to grow to bigger firm
Culture is consistent with other CPA firms

Cons – Culture doesn't come down to satelitte offices
No direction after you get to manager
Spend money in right areas
Lack of HR control in most offices
Tend to try and sell to much internal new culture

Advice to Senior Management – Ask questions of future leaders
Provide specific guidance on how to get to partner instead of making new roles
Force leaders in satelitte offices to be leaders and live the "dream"

Current Employee – been working at LarsonAllen

Pros – Flexible schedule and workspace; great company values; supportive of staff; opportunities to advance; dedicated to giving back to the community; solidly performing company

Cons – I've been very impressed with LarsonAllen. The only con I would say are that your vacation, sick and personal days are only rolled together and you never increase the number of days you earn no matter how long you are with the company.

Advice to Senior Management – I encourage the leadership to look beyond titles and "levels" and instead focus on capabilities and strengths. It would also strengthen the company if there was more internal education on what each industry sector is working on.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at LarsonAllen

Pros – Numerous opportunities for personal growth. Fast growing firm. One of the only places I have been where you truly have the ability to decide where you want to focus your abilities and are able to take on new initiatives. Great firm management that maintains firm direction and environment.

Cons – Lots of mergers can hamper your likelihood of promotion. Noticeable "we are better than you" attitude from the large home office in Minneapolis towards the other locations.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend