Horrible place to work, stay unemployed instead of working here... - Tax Senior Miller Kaplan Employee Review

1.0
Mar 24, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Free fruit, Saturday lunches provided during busy season, nice coworkers.

Cons

Awful mangament, major nepotism in the workplace. The technology is incredibly old fashioned. I have applied everything to the best of my knowledge during the tax season bit it was still not enough according to the partner because my work was still returned back to me. I even went back to discuss this with the client and the client agreed with my initial judgement. The partners presume that your stupid and assume your not doing your job. When I left one of the partners told me that I'm the type of person who should just be a bookkeeper for a living and I'm a CPA! Very offensive treatment which was below the belt and should not have been said. A good employer is someone who encourages others not put them down but not at MKA. Did I also mention that the pay is terrible? And the OT is a joke. There is no career growth there. Dont even take this job even if your desperate for work, just keep looking. You'll save yourself the time and drama.

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Miller Kaplan Response
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Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. It’s disappointing to learn that your experience here was less-than-positive; we want everyone to enjoy coming to work each day. We do sincerely value all feedback, though, so if you would like to share more about your experience, please feel free to contact us at mka@millerkaplan.com. We wish you the best in your future endeavors.

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Cons

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Pros

- First days: Everyone is patient with newbies. Partners, managers and supervisors all come up to chat and welcome if they see a new face - Audit: Great environment for Audit Interns and Audit Associates from my perspective. There is a ton of training on the job from very knowledgeable speakers - Office Location & Parking: Beautiful Burbank office with tons of snacks, easy parking. It's also in a highly walkable area that has good cafes and lunch options

Cons

- PAY & BENEFITS: The salary offerings and benefits are laughable for a firm this nice - Lack of Top-Down Motivation: If you want employees to participate in your initiatives, don't just talk the talk, walk the walk - Lack of flexibility: This heavily depended on the team you were assigned to, but generally people were expected to be in the office most of the time, for no reason other than just because leadership wanted it that way. Hybrid is an option, but it's not the most flexible and does not apply to everyone. This just felt odd to me in 2025. - Rigid criteria from management: Management is not entirely receptive to hearing out other departments. I was faced with plain stubbornness when working on collaborative projects with leadership - Lack of direct communication from leadership: I have had situations where I had to find out from third parties when leadership had feedback on a joint project, which created a very odd situation. Upon bringing this up, I was left on "read"

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