Baldwin CPAs Reviews

2.7

31% would recommend to a friend

(16 total reviews)

36% positive business outlook

Baldwin CPAs has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 16 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Baldwin CPAs employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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16 reviews
2.0
23 May 2021

Do not work here

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Pros

There are multiple locations so if you move or aren’t local to one of the offices, you have multiples options for cities. The pay isn’t bad until you realize how much you work.

Cons

1. You work 60-70 hours a week during tax season at a minimum 2. When you take into consideration how much you’re paid and how much you work during tax season and the rest of the year, you’re actually only getting paid $14 or so a year when you start. 3. There are billable hours requirements that you have to meet and partners will get pissed if you go over your budget so you don’t put all of your time in so you don’t go over budget but you still have to work your billable hours so your time sheet may show one thing but in reality you work a minimum of 10 hours more than what ends up on your time sheet so you aren’t told weekly to increase your efficiency 4. They do not care about their employees. It’s evident in the fact that they have an incredibly high turnover (multiple people were quitting every month) and nothing changed, managers will get frustrated if you have to leave due to an appointment or family emergency or if you can’t work on a weekend due to plans or just not wanting to 5. The managers and partners don’t communicate with each other, at all, and the staff accountants will get caught in the crossfires and be blamed for anything “negative” that happens because of it. 6. They tout themselves as a leading technology firm but pigs have to fly for anyone to be okay with you working from home regularly even when the office is closed to the public. 7. Good luck getting any pto approved

1.0
1 Aug 2024
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Pros

Outside of busy season, they offered half day Fridays, which were nice.

Cons

To succeed at this firm, you’ll have to be a very agreeable person, put your head down, and be willing to work long hours and sacrifice your personal life for the partners’ benefit. I’m not just talking about the spring busy season. Since this firm experiences high turnover, you will often have to pick up the workload of terminated employees throughout the year, and little to no empathy will be given to you for having to bear a heavier workload. The audit partners have an archaic management style that no doubt they picked up from their predecessors that they looked up to, which is a struggle for many young staff to work under. During my year as a senior audit manager at Baldwin CPAs, I received numerous complaints about how hard it is to work under them, and all I could do was sympathize. There is nothing that can be done to fix the situation since they are owners of the firm. You either have to find a way to get along with them, or just part ways. There is no other option. Training opportunities are poor. Training at Baldwin CPAs is basically just watching some videos. Coming out of college, I would encourage you to seek out a firm that has the resources to truly develop you into a talented audit staff. If you were a bright student who received multiple offers out of college, I would encourage you to pick the other offer at a better firm so you can get the training and development you need coming out of college. You need to know that Baldwin CPAs’ general attitude toward their employees is that they are expendable. I have seen the partners let talented employees who have worked at Baldwin CPAs up to 10 years or more just walk out the door without making any effort to keep them due to an extraordinary level of pride the partners have. They will not bargain or make any concessions to keep long-time employees because they believe they can easily replace them. Truth is, they cannot, and the whole audit practice suffers as result. Also, the firm refuses to cover family health insurance, they will only cover their employees. So, if you have any plans to start a family, you may want to rethink working here as health insurance costs for a family here are totally unaffordable. This firm is perfectly content with burning through single, new college graduates, or relying on older individuals without any kids at home to cover their workforce needs.

1.0
8 Jan 2024

One of the worst firms I have ever worked at

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Pros

Some of the coworkers are nice

Cons

Rarely promotes within Work-life balance is nonexistent Have to meet minimum billable requirements of 55 hours each week during tax season so you are really working 60-70 hours. No one is 100% billable. Partners can’t separate personal problems from professional life so you are walking on eggshells constantly You get 1/2 Fridays but you have to work the full 40 Benefits are subpar compared to other firms

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