Scheffel Boyle Reviews

2.5

33% would recommend to a friend

(23 total reviews)
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Dennis E. Ulrich

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25% positive business outlook

Scheffel Boyle has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 23 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Scheffel Boyle employee rating is 33% below average for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
26 Jul 2021

Way Behind the Times

Anonymous employee
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Pros

You'll meet and work with some nice people. Variety of work gives you a good leg up for future positions. Clients are nice and friendly people to work with. Good resume material if you stick it out for a few years.

Cons

It's disturbing to see a company operate this way in today's world. No diversity. No one there is anything but WHITE. ZERO females in Principal positions. Women are under-valued, under-promoted, and under-paid compared to their male counterparts. They've had only one female principal in 60+ years, and she's retired. Definitely an "old boys" club and that's not changing anytime soon. There is major bias and nepotism. It's a stressful and negative environment, and it comes from the top. Policies are shaped around a 60+ year-old white male mentality. No or very limited work from home, no flexibility, and no trust in the employees. No paid maternity/paternity leave and benefits are bare minimum at best. If you have a family or a life outside of work, it better not come before tax season. Just a very cheaply-run company. For what they charged their clients for basic accounting services, their level of cheapness is astounding. Where is the money going? Because they sure don't put money into updating offices or handing out bonuses for hard work and long hours during tax season. Interns and even senior employees in some offices sit at desks that are falling apart and older than their parents. Typewriters are still in daily use. Broken and mismatched chairs fill conference rooms. But they must be spending big money on printers, because they print everything. Paper files are 5-foot tall and unnecessary. The big struggle during the pandemic was "how can employees work from home without our file room?!" It's 2021, people. Get a clue and go digital before you die! They have access to the technology but refuse to use it. No real HR department or HR authority, so lots of things go on that shouldn't. It's only a matter of time before things come to light that are disturbing and corrupt. Good luck to the up-and-coming leaders that inherit that mess.

1.0
21 May 2021

Concrete Ceiling

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The people you work with.

Cons

Honestly if you’re not white, a male and an accountant, you have no future. There is a well defined glass ceiling where the most qualified women never rise above the manager level. Nepotism, affairs between principals and their subordinates, poor leadership, and a lack of diversity are the top issues. With few exceptions, the principals are terrible leaders who have no idea how to speak to their employees. You are a figure to this firm, not a person. If you don’t bring in clients, you don’t matter. From the very top, there is horrible amounts of chauvinism (go figure, they’re all white men) and I would not want my daughter working there.

1.0
22 Mar 2023

IT people - READ THIS

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Pros

People themselves are generally nice. Work and life balance is actually ok, even through Tax season. As long you set a clear boundary when you are off. If you're looking to pad your resume, this is a great place if the management is willing to make changes. If they are, you will be able to experience putting together projects like ordering servers and putting them together. Keep in mind, you are doing essentially nearly everything a IT department would be doing. Helpdesk, sysadmin, project management and proposing recommendations and acting on it.

Cons

Management is behind on times. The biggest bigwig of the firm, he didn't even know what notification means when I mentioned it one day. Outdated policies - one team policy. No unique policies for any teams because the managers just don't want to deal with the extra work that comes with it. (Yes the manager told me this) The reality is, all departments have their own different needs. Outdated work at home policy - 15 days work at home policy was literally just something one person suggested in their "big wigs" meeting and they all stuck to it. (The days part) Keep in mind, after 15 days it is mandatory to use PTO. It doesn't matter if your son is sick... there is no flexibility once you have used up your work at home days. There's no manager for IT department, at least in sense of IT competency. The manager is just a principal who does taxes. As a result, you are expected to run and maintain everything and you're basically reporting to him about costs and things that needs to be done (project things.) Other than that, you're left to yourself. The most shocking part I have heard when I was working here was that the previous IT employees didn't really bring up recommendations nor the management look into better solutions for the last 3 years. As a result, the IT department fell apart and it's being all bandaided currently. It requires major rehaul to become a competent part of the firm. Infrastructure is severely lacking and are years behind. No ticketing system... we have brought this up multiple times. There is no structure or processes and barely any documentations. They are cheap. It has gotten better, but it's still there. You will have to fill out time entry, even if you don't do billable hours. They expect you to at least put on there what you were doing.

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