Pros
-Exposure in different areas such as drafting financials and 990/199 taxes -Free Coffee -Bagel Fridays
Cons
Do you like getting low-balled in salary pay and working 50+ hours during busy season? Do you like getting thrown into an audit with very little to no training? Do you like getting verbally abused by your manager for not finishing up 1-day audits because the firm is so cheap on their budgets? Well if you're foolish enough to answer yes to any of these questions, then MKA is the right place for you. But I know the majority of you out there are smart enough to stay far away from this firm as you can. The managing partners at this firm does not care for anybody or anything except making their clients happy. You are constantly being hunted down by partners while they ask you why certain work/jobs has not been completed even though you have tons of work on your desk to do already. I was treated horribly by my managing partner because I was messing up on the financial statements and tax forms. The reason why I was messing up was because this firm offers little to ZERO training on anything!! I was given tons of financials/tax forms to do with no one walking me through on how to do them. UNBELIEVABLE!! That seems to be the trend of this firm. You are offered no training/help and are expected to complete your work with 100% accuracy. Oh and don't get me started with the horrible pay/vacation time here. They low-ball every new employee here on pay (around $46k) and expect you to work 50+ hours during busy season with vacation black out dates (Feb-May). Are you kidding me!? Even other smaller firms out there are offering new associates with at least a starting salary of $55k. Oh and they say that pay is fair because they offer overtime. Don't fall for it! The only time you actually get OT is during the first 3 months of the year (busy season). This is the only firm that offers OT because they low-ball you so much on pay already and they're trying to make it up by offering OT. Pathetic! Majority of your clients will be labor unions. You will not get exposures to different industries and you are basically stuck into the group that you're assigned to. Working on labor unions is ok but they are a dying breed. Once they go out, so will MKA. Oh and parking here is a nightmare! They don't even have enough parking for their employees. Some spaces are only available if you get to work early and put your name on a list. If you don't get there on time, you're forced to park on the street and you will have to move your car every 2 hours.
