Windes Reviews

4.0

71% would recommend to a friend

(65 total reviews)
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Sean McFerson

50% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Windes has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 65 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Windes employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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65 reviews
1.0
13 Oct 2015

Not the Right Move...

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some fun firm events, a few nice people, and that's about it. Oh and there's free soda.

Cons

This firm is small and local, with small time boring clients. Firm management thinks they're some high class firm and are unrealistic about fees, charge ability, and hire and fire people for no reason. Seems like it's a revolving door of staff and seniors coming and going. They're really an afterthought for service providers to local businesses and leadership is mostly absent and doesn't think twice in throwing people " under the bus" if something goes wrong. Most are there to think about the next career move to make. Coaching, or lack thereof, is nonexistent and a joke. They string you along on raises or being eligible for the almost year and a half eligibility of having a 401k and matching. Health benefits are laughable and extremely expensive if you have a family, and change almost on an annual basis. Definitely limited for career opportunities and leadership often says one thing, talk behind your back and do another. Really no difference in work life balance compared to other regional, mid tier or even Big Four firms, maybe less than 5 hour difference between them. Office is understaffed, overworked and not supported. Prospective Clients are hard to come by, and seems like existing big accounts are leaving and going elsewhere. I'd suggest looking elsewhere if you want to be in public accounting and/or gain relevant accounting experience.

3.0
23 Oct 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Family oriented, and everybody knows everybody. The tax software is used by so many, you have good exit options It's tradition based, and it has a long history Small firm, really aggressive gossiping - but that's any firm The work could easily just be a normal 8-5 job. It's not the most public accounting experience you'll get here.

Cons

The one thing I hated, was that businesses even down the street from us, had no idea what this firm was, how to pronounce it, or what it did. People work super hard in school and put in the hours to be in public accounting, but you don't get recognition for it in the accounting community. I feel like if I just tried harder, I could've gotten into a bigger firm and live a better life Sometimes it seems fake, because there's a handful of minorities of each race - like they are covering their butts or something. I've heard of people getting made fun of their race sometimes, but it never happened to me.

5.0
8 Jul 2019

Great CPA firm to work for

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Well managed regional CPA firm. Management does a good job to make sure everyone is treated fairly. Top performers are spotted and awarded accordingly. Good mix of work for staff and seniors. Pays OT and there are lots of snacks in the office.

Cons

Limited reputation outside of the Long Beach/South Bay/OC

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