staff accountant

accounting intern

staff auditor

senior accountant

staff services analyst

MYERS AND STAUFFER LC

I will start with the positives. This company has fairly good compensation if you’re just starting out. They provide bonuses, good benefits, and flexibility. It is a CPA firm, but you’re not expected to work crazy hours for the most part. If you have projects due, you may have to put in some extra time, but you will typically only work 40 hours per week. The work is very specialized which I believe is what contributes to them working hard to keep turn over low. They discuss advancement with you often and your goals and how you will get there. Performance reviews are given and if you do well, you will receive a raise each year. I am assuming a little here. I did receive a raise, and I don’t know of anyone who did not, so I’m not sure how poorly you would have to do to not get a bump in pay. You set your own schedule within a certain time frame, and you’re given an hour window of being late before they will contact you or reprimand you. They’re fairly reasonable about allowing you to go to appointments during the day if needed. They did not allow WFH much before the pandemic, but since they were forced into it and people were still performing well, they started to allow it. I asked to WFH on several days when I was not feeling well, and I was never turned down. You can now fill out a form to request WFH or partial WFH schedule. I never did, so I can’t say how often it is approved. People there go out of their way to be nice to you and include you. They often have group outings after work which could be a pro or a con depending on how much you want your personal and professional life to come together. 

Now for the cons. As I mentioned, the field is very specialized. They advertise the position as Staff Accountant/Auditor, but do not be fooled. There is 0 accounting. It is all auditing, and it is all Medicaid auditing. A lot of times it is compliance based, so it’s not a typical audit either. If you take a position here, you need to decide very quickly if it’s something you enjoy or not, because if you decide to switch to something else, your experience is not going to transfer well. If it’s something you enjoy and want to make a career out of, great! It’s a great place to work overall. However, if you don’t like it and you stick around for a few years, you will be set back to whatever experience you had before you started unless you switch to another firm that is also in this niche. There is also a culture of people appearing to be busier than they’re or maybe they just don’t feel like training because you can ask for more to do repeatedly and not be given anything, so you end up twiddling your thumbs a lot. Even though you’re on salary, you have to fill out time sheets that detail everything you did that day, so your time is very micromanaged which is very stressful. Management seems to care more that you appear busy than about how much you actually accomplish. I was asked why I haven’t been working overtime like x person, even though I was ahead on my projects and wasn’t given anything else to work on. Performance reviews were also odd. I was basically told, well we don’t really have any complaints, but we don’t like to give people 5 stars. Rules are sometimes poorly enforced. People have been scolded for doing things that are specifically allowed in the employee handbook. Management wants to know way to much about your personal life. Saying you need to go to the doctor isn’t enough, they want to know every detail which feels invasive. Lastly, since the work is so specialized, you will likely start at the bottom, no matter how much outside experience you have which is why I’m not sure compensation is fair later in your career. Most the people who work there are young though, so they might simply not hire many experienced employees.

I would say the good outweighs the bad if you enjoy the work and you’re looking to stick with one company. If you love accounting and want to use the skills you learned in school, I wouldn’t recommend it. If you’re just looking for a career and you don’t care what you do, its worth a shot.

I worked here 5 years. Now I left I realize even more what a horrible decision I made by staying there for so long. I wish I was smarter and left earlier. If you have an accounting degree, I wouldn't work here. This place you will make you read nurses notes and review cost reports. 

My bosses, who had CPA and was there 10+ years, could not find work after they quit because they had zero relevant experience to accounting field. The partners constantly doubted me and I never got an opportunity to grow professionally. My department trainings are done by peers, which I had to create and organize because they don't want to spend money on it and refused to send us to other offices or conferences. I felt that they attracted the worst types of people because they can't sell this type of position to the cream of the crop. I still hear about horror stories about very unprofessional people working for this company. 

My bosses went to MSLC competitors or got a job with the state who were once their client. My colleagues ended up starting over as an entry level accountant/auditor.

 If I were you, a budding or mid-level auditor/accountant, I would avoid this place. I personally agree with all the negative reviews on the glassdoor. They try to sell the place as if you are doing something sexy and big with healthcare but I never did. I heard that they bid very low that's how they get contracts and beat competitions. I think I got paid very low because of that. I never saw a bonus for my hard work but the senior managers and partners got annual bonus built into their contract. We found out when there was a merger. I had my salary evaluated by a headhunter as I was leaving and they were surprised how low my salary was. I was fortunate and got a job that paid much better and gave me better opportunities but it took more than a year. Check out the negative reviews on glassdoor too.

Pros:
Some managers provide excellent mentorship and have an abundance of knowledge. There is opportunity for advancement, however, this is based on merit. The one deciding whether you have merit can be the issue. Lots of great personalities that build a competent team. Plenty of resources available for growing your own professional skills, though the sector is pretty niche of which the company is fully transparent. On-boarding and training for new hires/new team members offers plenty of support. CPA exam incentives are good which some have taken advantage of before leaving the firm. Working here helped me further develop my sense of worth and what I was willing to tolerate in exchange for my labor, and that's not a compliment to the firm.

Cons:
Culture differs between projects. As mentioned, advancement is merit based, but those deciding your merit can be heavily biased; can and will build a negative narrative against you if your personality is no longer agreeable to them and will label you as defensive after they are offensive and disrespectful. This may not be everyone's experience, but it was mine. Your experience may vary. Salaries are on the lower end of the industry standard as are the benefits. Working from home during the pandemic required a "business case" be made when applying for a flexible work arrangement. Being in the health industry, it's ironic employees had to apply to work from home when COVID cases were surging nationally and when work can be done from home without issue. HR is known for taking the side of the management, but that's typical for a multi-million dollar company. Lots of talk of diversity and financial growth, but that does not translate to the faces in the firm or salary. Worked months without a single day off at times which was not compensated for in any way.

Not the most fun workplace environment to work in or the most supportive management, but if you do a great job and have great attendance, it offers great job security.  

Definitely a decent amount of red tape and politics and male driven - very few female managers or above.  Definitely an old fashioned work environment where even desk size placement is based on job title rather than need.  

Communication is not a strength for this company.  

However, the position is challenging and with the right co-workers, it can even be tolerable to near enjoyable.  

But please don't let your family take priority because that is not well tolerated at this company.  If you experience hardships in your life due to family/children illness and/or death, be sure to seriously consider taking FMLA, even if unpaid, because they'll not let you live it down and will constantly give you grief for it.  Even if you are an A+ employee.  

Job performance has no meaning. You can be at the top of your performance, managers and clients alike telling you how exceptional you are, but if your attendance is off, all will be lost and will have no bearing on performance reviews.  

This company does offer competitive wages and decent benefits and does offer a great variety of services to clientele, but not the best place to work for - unless you are in with the popular group of the company.

The first round I interview with two people virtually, they were very amazing people. got to the second round and this turn my whole point of view of the firm. First off if you are looking to grow with a ACCOUNTING degree do not come here. They slow not a growing and appear a bit lazy in a sense. Have not met not a single CPA candidate not saying getting it is easy but I am not going to waste my time and career goals with a group of lazy bland people who has not intention to grow. Overall the Myers and Stauffer interview process has been an incredibly disappointing experience. The from what they told me work pace is painfully slow, and projects often drag on due to inefficiency and lack of urgency. It feels like there’s no real drive to accomplish tasks promptly, which makes the days long and monotonous. The work itself is uninspiring and repetitive, offering little variety or intellectual challenge. If you’re someone who thrives on engaging, fast-paced environments, this is definitely not the place for you. To make matters worse, there’s a general sense of laziness within some teams, with little effort put into improving processes or taking initiative. It often feels like there’s no push for innovation or betterment, leaving you stuck in outdated ways of doing things. Overall, it’s a boring, stagnant work environment that lacks excitement or purpose. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone looking for a fulfilling or dynamic career.

The company lacks industry standard procedures, in terms of development , QA, and deployment.  The Pharmacy department is run by unprofessional pharmacists, who micromanage and hinder employee productivity. Employees are held to a standard that managers are not. Managers routinely get drunk with clients on business trips, and a female manager on one occasion took a client to a clothing option bar, while at a conference, then proceeded to remove her top (company forced same manager into rehab, well before this event).  Technology is behind, as the older accountants in the company don't want to change how they work, and prevent the IT teams from upgrading programs and rebuilding tools in newer software languages.  Departments are reorganized regularly, putting staff under different leadership within the same department, then moving them back under their previous supervisors.  Management hinders growth, by stalling promotion or transfers to other departments, because they can't train new employees fast enough to do the work.

One of the company's tag lines is, "Not your typical CPA firm". So while it is an accounting firm, it does not do financial statements or taxes, but instead focuses on government healthcare. The firm is experts in what it does, and while people say it is niche, healthcare is an ever expanding industry with a greater population utilizing services every day that creates great growth opportunities.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing is great here, just a stepping stone at most 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of honest and positive feed back.  Managers stay in their office all day. I think they are afraid of their employees.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Quit killing, extreme soul sucking silence.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Long day away from friends and family.

I worked for them as a compliance analyst. The first 6 months were great, but they would not let me work from home 2 days a week (even after my 90 days). They also did not want to train me for the new work given after the seasonal work for compliance was done. You should be an accountant if you want to work there, or else you may not be a good fit for the long term.

Very productive and serious firm with different areas for career development, advancement and learning. Great, respectful and relax culture. Management very interactive with all employees. Management makes sure you're setting, working and meeting short and long term goals so that you succeed in your career and development, both inside and outside of the workplace.

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