audit associate

tax associate

senior consultant

manager

consultant

Forvis Mazars, LLP

This company has good benefits, decent pay. Manager taught me about various projects. However, the direction from management is entirely a different story. My manager was constantly struggling to keep priorities afloat on our projects. I was told that i would be working with a large team, only to find an empty office in 2018 (no Dallas team members). The prior Dallas employee before me quit the group before i joined.  Often major projects would be bombarded with smaller worthless client projects and random b/s 1 off client questions. Everything in this group was about 'selling' work, but half of it was never finished or quickly put together at the last minute. There was literally no one to handle client AR billings or collections. what a joke. The last thing that irritated me was saving client emails as our emails deleted after 6 months. Took hours to save all of our emails. 

Top management just doesn’t care. If you are lucky you may be working under a good manager or partner who cares about your career, but most people are not. There’s no room for career advancement and top management can’t bring in new clients. They criticize you for not meeting your billable hours yet at the same time there’s just no work to do; though they still want you to clock in on Saturdays. They say the firm has unlimited FTOs but you can’t really take more than 10 days, of course they won’t tell you that when you go through  the interviews, it’s one of their sell points. The pay increase is about 1-3%, way below market rate. Bonus pool is limited, after top management takes on most of it there’s not much left for the rest of the team. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
I worked at Forvis in West Des Moines and had a highly challenging experience that I believe future candidates should be aware of. My time there was characterized by a hostile environment for employees of color, a lack of inclusive leadership, and managerial practices that did not support or protect diverse staff.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Limited access to mentorship or sponsorship for underrepresented staff. Training or resources to address bias and inclusive leadership were not reliably available.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Diversity and inclusion appeared inconsistent, and I did not see meaningful accountability when issues were raised.

Forvis Mazars is a well-established firm with strong technical resources, reputable clients, and good opportunities to learn. I gained valuable experience working on complex projects and collaborating with knowledgeable professionals. The overall company structure, training, and client exposure are solid.

That said, culture can vary significantly by team and leadership style. Some teams are very supportive, collaborative, and growth-oriented. Others may feel more high-pressure or heavily managed. Your experience will largely depend on the specific team you join.

Overall, it’s a good firm to build technical skills and professional experience, especially early in your career, but I recommend asking detailed questions about team culture during the interview process.

I work at a smaller office, so we are closer knit and laid back than the rest of the firm. I have been with the firm for 4 years now and I mostly really enjoy my job. The biggest perk would be my flexibility to take time off and to work from home when I chose. However, even though we get FTO, we are not really given many opportunities to take it and are scrutinized if we take too much. The hardest part of my job would be having to work with upper management that micromanages and doesn't understand the real ins and outs of the associates' jobs. Corporate management is more concerned with revenue numbers and billable hours but that is a general drawback of working at a bigger CPA firm.

What is the best part of working at the company?
People take the time to teach you. Lots of training to help teach you. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Where do I start? Lack of recognition, long hours, no support, when you start to struggle they abandon you. As I was leaving, I realized just how under paid I was. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Overall its good, lots of activities and parties, but they often blame PY auditors for work (even though it went through EE approval). Again, if you start to struggle, they will abandon you. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Work. Lots of snacks, people not caring.

The management is so overloaded they have no time to manage. There is no real effort to train or set expectations. The culture is not one of collaboration or teamwork. The staff is very overloaded and pushed to work unreasonable hours. The managers are blamed for not getting work done well or timely even when no one is available to work. The quality of work product is poor because there aren’t enough people to get the work done properly. The HR team is unresponsive and poorly trained. 

Culture has been on the decline for a couple of years in my office when we started merging. Went from being properly staffed to understaffed and firing people, relying heavily on high performers, contributing to burnout. Working a lot during non-tax-season as well due to understaffing. Being told that we aren't working enough the same day they fired multiple people in the office. Work is engaging and generally the people are good, but direction from corporate appears to be changing and not in a positive way. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Can be tough, however I had a good management team when BKD/FORVIS.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Busy season and attempting to complete reports. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Overall the culture was decent. Everyone was treated the same. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Working on audit projects, inlcuding SOX and SOC reviews.

Company has very high expectations for new hires who don't fit in perfectly. Most people are highly religious and involved in very religious schools and organizations, if you express otherwise you will be outcast. 

They also have little to no support for individuals with more advanced needs, for example they DO NOT do well with industry switchers who may need more help within the first year. They are more likely to cuss you out and dismiss you before then. 

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