Accounting, Compliance Internal Audit Unit Public Sector Consulting
Pros
There is room to be involved with various firm related initiatives. For the most part it is remote unless your manager makes you go in which for the NYC office in Public Sector ACA, this was not the case so the flexibility was nice of working from home but having the option to go into the office if you would like to. Other teams such as Chicago, Springfield, and DC they make you go in although its not necessary bc you aren't going in for a client meeting. From my experience, management in these markets have a more old school way of thinking and think people perform better in the office/ it is easier to micromanage and push more work out of you. The team in New York is very nice and flexible but they are only a few people out of the New York Office and there is a chance you might not work with them. However, the teams in other markets tend to micromanage a lot, and are quick to blame if a project goes south.
Cons
Within this group, you work with individuals that are all around the U.S which makes it difficult to have work life balance. It is not unusual to have the team call you at 8:00 PM when you are catching up on work because everyone is busy with back to back calls during the day. Overall I experience no support from management and from my experience, people tend to point fingers even if it was not your wrong doings, so the culture is not the best within this department. To protect yourself from others mistakes, you constantly have to be sending recap e-mails of conversations, next steps, deadlines, and how you were advised to do something so you are not scapegoated which takes time within itself and that the best environment if you constantly have to do that. If you are looking for somewhere to grow, this group is not it because it is a very cliquish mentality you are in the group or not which will impact your ability to grow within the company or they will silence you out. During the interviews individuals seemed nice, however, when you actually start working with them, it is a different story. I have personally been cursed at, pulled frequent all nighters, and it is not uncommon to have 4:00 AM team meetings to be back online at 8:00 AM to start your work again, although they tell you in the interview this is not common, this happens more frequently. You will have to stay on top of your chargeable hours which is hard to do because management is rated on keeping the engagement within budget and as a staff/ senior staff you want to bill more hours to the clients. It is difficult to meet charge hours goals because many projects are poorly defined and scoped. There are other departments that are better within Crowe although you will work a lot of hours bc it is the industry of Public Accounting at least you will not compromise your health and well-being.