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Cherry Bekaert

Be prepared for low pay and all year busy season. People are leaving in flocks so anyone coming in now you will have a brand-new team, if one exists. No experienced hires made after have 5-7 leave. Just brought in some fresh of out college staff, replaced with 'GSS' or interns. As a senior you will be doing the work of staff, senior, and manager yet the firm sent an email basically saying only managers and above contribute to the success of the firm. No bonuses/terrible 'raises' for seniors and below even with a great performance review. The bar keeps being moved further and further with HOURS being the driver. Doesn't matter the quality/efficiency of your work, they just want to see ridiculous hours. Your work is not appreciated, you are merely given more work. Only plus for me is being remote, but it's not worth it when I'm working 55+ for more than a quarter of my year. I can find a commute job with less of a time commitment. When you factor in the hours, might as well be another pay decrease. Managers and above are WORK WORK WORK if they're competent and waste your time on calls preventing you from getting work done. God forbid life occurs during January-April, or any other time and work isn't first. They say they are 'flexible' but THEY ARE NOT. 

1.) The pay and benefits are below average. (2 out 5)
2. Exposure to small to mid-size clients.
3.) Inconsistency from the staffing side (some people sitting on the bench while some folks are very tight with schedule).
4.) Long hours as expected, it's public accounting after all. 
5.) Templates and training links are always outdated, frustrating when you need them to complete your assignments.

In addition, there were a few waves of lay-offs starting around March 2023, utilization rates dropped significantly, meaning the firm is earning less revenue than before. Therefore, they started implementing strict policy on utilization rate, and they are on everyone's back regarding this. One of the managers took disability and she was one of them who got laid off. They don't look at your performance, if your utilization rate doesn't meet their standard, you're out, simple as that. Just be more cautious about this if you decided to go with this firm.

It really depends which CB office you are looking at. From personal experience, some offices have partners that are a lot stricter and will not tolerate incompetent staff. However, some offices put up with bad staff for way longer than they should and give too many chances. Communication between management and seniors could be a lot stronger. Pay could be better as well. Pros are that the company culture is very approachable and friendly - there is no pretentiousness like you might find at a big 4. They also provide flex fridays during the summer, which allow you to get your 40 hours in for the week before Friday (or a few on Friday to reach your 40), at which point you can either take the rest of the Friday off or just work a few hours on Friday until you hit your 40. Strict 55+ hour requirement during busy season, which spans about 4 months on average.

I worked there for the tax season, but since it was a temporary administrative position, I couldn't become a permanent employee.  I did get to work full time and had a great manager.  I enjoyed working with the administrative staff and most of the accountants.  They kept me busy so it would make the day go faster and I would feel accomplished.  I enjoyed being able to do a variety of tasks and learning many things about accounting.  I wish I could have stayed longer/became a permanent admin employee, but I had a wonderful experience!

Cherry Bekaert is a great company who truly cares about their employees.  The work/life balance is great, along with the PTO and holiday structure.  HR is amazing.  I got along well with my co-workers, Managers and Partners. I enjoyed working with a diverse group of people and appreciated the miscellaneous clerical tasks assigned.  The only reason I left is because my position was eliminated due to office size and a firm-wide reorganization. I had the option of transferring to another office, however, the commute would have been longer than I wanted to make 5 days a week.  I would certainly return to the firm if opportunity presented itself a little closer to home.

I loved my time at Cherry Bekart. The people there were so helpful and supportive every step of the way, I felt like I belonged and could talk to anyone about issues I encountered during the job. I was a temp tax worker so it was very busy at the beginning but not stressfully so and towards the end things settled down. I can't speak to the pay or benefits since again I was a temp worker but from what I've heard they do accrued vacation hours and people seem satisfied with that. Great place to work and I would come back in a heartbeat.

Cheery Bekaert is an awesome accounting firm to work for. I learned to assemble taxes and the supervisor was not a micromanager and would offer help with her team's workload. The culture was relaxed for the most part. Now, during tax season there is a higher stress level with the amount of tax returns that come in on a daily basis. The unlimited drinks and 50 cent snacks were the absolute best part of the job. The coworkers were great as well. Everyone is nice and cool to be around.

CB was an excellent place to begin my career, and the colleagues I've had the opportunity to work with have been fantastic. I've learned a great deal, primarily through self-teaching, due to the lack of a formal onboarding and training process for new hires. Unfortunately, 2024 was a challenging year for the firm, and both Associates and Seniors bore the brunt of it. CB's intense focus on acquiring new firms has led to a neglect of its core mission: delivering quality work and fostering employee growth. It's disheartening to see the decline that seems to have started in 2022.

Overall a good place to work with a competitive yet fun environment and people always willing and available to assist with anything. Always something new and interesting to learn and always someone knowledgeable to teach you new things. Typical day varied depending on work-load and time of year. Tax season always the busiest and most productive time of the year. Hardest part of the job was having to report to more than one manager and often times ending up with more than one direct manager and not always knowing who that manager currently would be.

If you interview here - ask about turnover. It's actually absurd. They can't keep people longer than 1.5 years and it's mostly due to management. The audit team is slightly better as the partners there are semi-decent. However, vacation policy sucks and they nickel and dime on perks....BUT they still want you to work as if you are in the big 4.

i would only take a job here if you have no other offers. Vacation days are decent (but if you don't use it before you leave - tough, no payout)

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