Baker Tilly reviews

I was with the company for over 6 years. The culture declined rapidly after former CEO's departure and then another steep decline after PE deal. Leadership is horrible about transparency and the people at the top forget how to talk to you like a human. They're like robots that regurgitate firm messaging. Not a lot of development opportunities for people outside of upper management. Company does an awful job at change management.

This review is for the Squar Milner division. They kept the SM culture when bought by BT but it does not align with BT’s values. Pretty much everything else about this place is awful. Public accounting is not for the faint of heart and this firm is no exception. Management did an awful job at allocating work during busy season and they play favorites. They say oh it’s not your fault you don’t have work then lay you off cause you didn’t do work. Passive aggressive af. Firm has such low budgets it's almost impossible to stay within them without eating hours. Management is incredibly cheap and cannot make the office look presentable, as there are outdated unused monitors and a bunch of office junk on some of the desks. Some people here don't seem to care for you or your success at all. Environment can be very unwelcoming. People are very judgmental here and will use everything you do in the office against you. Don't believe their lies. You have to pretend to be busy if you are at the office which is dumb. If I don't have enough work then why is it my fault that I can't do anything else other than just sit there, ask for work, and then pretend to work. The firm didn't even treat us out for busy season happy hours. They want to do it after. They also laid off staff who worked hard RIGHT BEFORE THE PARTY so most likely they can’t go and celebrate. High expectation to get your CPA here or get shipped out. Even then I heard some who had their CPA’s just got laid off. Just be aware. Some staff who have been here 2+ years may be passed on another promotion again in favor of those here less because of favoritism. And those will also be laid off. Favoritism is just how much you have in common with management and if you can talk with them about their stuff. If you can't click with them on a personal level or if they judge you based on your looks or personality, then they automatically won't like you by default. Be aware. It has almost nothing to do with quality of work. But if they don't like you, they'll be harsher on your work and your feedback/semiannual review. You need to be extremely proactive to succeed here and if you aren't by nature you will fail. They won’t even give you a PIP. You’ll just be laid off with no room to improve if you get bad reviews which are extremely unfair and unjustified. There is also no accrued PTO or sick days, meaning if you quit or get fired, you don't get any days paid out. It's not better than big 4 here at all. Just go there instead. Even if it is still toxic, at least you get the name on the resume and can bill every minute of your time to the client. PS: The partner who laid staff off was hoping they’d like cry or get mad so he can feel powerful. So toxic. Don’t work here. Most partners are boomers who are out of touch with the modern workforce. Upper management is extremely passive aggressive and will do anything to use against you. If you want to be in a toxic environment from day 1 to your last day, this is the workplace for you! Also private equity just invested into this firm so it’s gonna get worse.