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Andersen is a mixed bag. It provides excellent compensation, learning opportunities,  and encouraged workers to prepare for the CPA Exam. As a public accounting firm, Busy season is busy season, but you may not fit in with the long hours that are expected; I worked 55-65 hours a week during the fall and spring, and even when I went home after working 11-13 hours in a day, I'd usually be the first person to go home while others stayed later. I personally cannot understand how some can constantly put in more than that, but that's up to you on whether or not you want to put in that extra time.

I had some great managers and seniors who wanted me to succeed and taught me a lot. They were easy to approach and kept a good mood during busy season. However, a few specific seniors I often worked with were extremely difficult to work with and made me dread seeing them whenever I got into the office each morning. Their attitude was extremely condescending,  made contradicting statements in performance reviews, and were often difficult to approach. These seniors made an already-stressful job even more stressful. If you work for ten seniors who are friendly and easy to approach, all it takes is one or two bad seniors to really sour your entire work experience. 

If you want to pursue a career in tax, this is an excellent firm to begin your career in as you will learn a ton from many great people, bad apples aside. Be warned that it largely focuses on individual returns, which you may or may not want to specialize in. While I did prep some small business returns, the corporate client list is extremely limited. 

I respect the company as a whole and enjoyed some of my time working for them (I chose them over several other options at the time); however, the job is especially limiting. Location also very much differs. Going into tax is for the most part limiting, but this particular job had taught me next to nothing while I worked there for nearly two years. Much of it simply felt clerical but on steroids with the frustration of poor technology and bad management and the skills I developed were not very transferable to other jobs, so if you're looking to pivot, you will be at a disadvantage. Busy season is expected to be busy, but having to come into the office beyond that time of the year with not much work is sort of ridiculous given how low the pay is and how much time is wasted with pointless activities. You will work til early morning a lot of times without much recognition and will have to eat your time - cannot bill for everything. Everyone feels like the same person/very cookie cutter and energy of firm is poor depending on location. If you were getting paid way more and salary growth/potential was attractive, heck it might be worth it. That is simply not the case, however, and the poor culture and lack of good/adequate training only makes things worse.

Lots of support in my department, but heard much different stories from other departments. Felt many supervisors or managers/ leads got their positions because of who they were friends with or who had higher up family members. Most management in my department seemed to genuinely care about their staff. Very safety conscious environment. Pay was decent along with decent benefits. Could be very frustrating to work with the people that worked there for many years as the economy has taken its toll and benefits and pay are not what they used to be, so there are some extremely negative people that work there that constantly speak negatively about the company. They obviously do not realize what jobs are out there currently and what they pay and their benefits. Can make it difficult when you have to work and listen to those people day in and day out.

I've been working here for a while, and it has become terrible over these past few years. Even after the horrible busy seasons, you are still expected to work. There has been a person hired for scheduling to balance the workload for everyone but even when you tell them you have too much work, they don't do anything, so some people are working 80 hours while others are working less than 40. Ridiculous. There used to be bonuses and rewards for the overtime you worked and now you will get rewarded with free lunch. You won't have a life during busy season and management is really rude and condescending. You never get properly trained and are just supposed to know everything. They used to allow remote work but now they cancelled that for everyone and have forced people back into the office. OMD is horrible. HR is so rude, lacks understanding. Just save yourself the headache and find another company. You are easily replaceable, they hire like 50 new associates instead of caring about the employees who have been there for a while. They don't care they will just hire a new person.   

Like all jobs, this job was a great learning experience. Seeing that Andersen is a window company, I learned a lot about windows from components to installation. What I enjoyed most was being able to interact with my fellow co-workers. The group there is great and even the new employees are great. The managers there are great and always willing to assist and help us improve through feed back from conversations with customers. 
At first, this job was difficult because I had to gather information, enter it into the system with minimal errors and navigate the internet while having a conversation with the customer and listening to their needs. Another issue that I also dealt with was rejection and angry customers. I make about 200 outbound calls per day, and so rejection and escalated/angry homeowners are a common occurrence. It was very demoralizing at first but with repetition and more experience, I'm no longer bothered by rejection and am able to handle upset customers.


Andersen Tax is a great place for individuals seeking professional growth and a collaborative environment. Employees often praise the company's commitment to development, with many mentioning the ample learning opportunities offered to new professionals. The company provides competitive pay and benefits, contributing to a positive work environment. However, the demanding workload, particularly during busy seasons, can make it challenging to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Some employees also report issues with management, including inconsistent leadership and lack of proper training. Additionally, the firm faces high turnover rates, which some attribute to these managerial concerns. Despite these challenges, the overall work culture is considered friendly and supportive, with colleagues often going out of their way to assist one another. If you're willing to put in the effort and manage expectations regarding work hours, Andersen Tax can be a solid choice for building a career in tax advisory.

Their website doesn't have a way for former employees to contact HR for W-2s they make up some nonsense every time I call where I have to email this person or contact that person without actually having a consensus on what you're supposed to be do which was very much similar to the reason why I quit was there was 20 people in charge and nobody knew what the they were doing they're very toxic they text you at all hours of the day they like to assign blame to people they will fire managers and place other people in charge who have no idea who they're in charge of that's a problem with most online employers they have no resources for their employees

I used to enjoy working at Andersen, the work wasn’t horrible, and the pay was decent. However, ever since a new office manger started, everything has gone bad. You are expected to work even during off season, bonus/benefits have decreased and gotten worse, and micromanaging has gone through the roof. Look elsewhere. They don’t care about you. You are just a number and easily replaceable. They get annoyed when you ask questions or need help. You gotta train yourself how to do anything

Andersen was the top notch accounting firm in the US at the time it was indited due to the ENRON .scandal.  The firm collapsed almost overnight.  It was a great place to work.  I participated in Mergers and Acquisitions, Complex transactions, as well as overseeing  the tax compliance of C-Corporations, Partnerships, LLCs, S-Corporations, and Individual taxes.  Due to the collapse of Andersen I made the move to PricewaterhouseCoopers

The pay is solid for being an entry level job, and you do get the opportunity to get some much needed experience here. But the work-life balance here is almost nonexistent. Seniors will consistently expect you to work into the night, even during non-busy season. There is very little proper training, and seniors get mad at you if you don’t know everything. 

Ultimately I like some aspects of this job but the senior associates make my life terrible sometimes. They don’t care about you and will call you out every chance they get.

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