1/5 - Accountant Crunch Employee Review

The employees at Crunch are all fairly new to the accounting world. Unfortunately, there aren't many experienced accountants there at all. So for a trainee or apprentice accountant taking their first step into the world of accounting, it can be pretty tough at Crunch. Especially with all of the conflicting advice that is given out by the members of staff. The conflicting advice is due to the fact Crunch do not have any processes in place for training. They do not support their employees on any technical training days and they employ a 'Technical accountant' whose job is to keep the accountants up to date with updates in the accounting world. That doesn't happen and mass confusion is caused. The only training the accountants are provided with is their professional qualification, mostly AAT or ACCA. The staff retention at Crunch is poor. Honestly though, poor is an understatement. This is caused by low salaries, confusion within the workplace & management that doesn't listen to the staff. During my time there, the staff at Crunch were asked to vote on a decision that was to be made in relation to their working hours. By unanimous decision, it was voted against. Later in the year, the item we were voting on was enforced within the workplace. Career progression for accountants is almost non-existent. As an accountant, your only goal is to become a 'Senior Accountant', that's pretty much as far as you can get before it's time to move on. The standard of work at Crunch isn't of that of a more traditional accounting firm. Making the switch from Crunch to other accounting firms has been a lot harder than anticipated. There are so many vital accounting technicalities that I did not learn during my time at Crunch.