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    Baker Tilly International Reviews

    Updated 20 July 2017
    103 reviews

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    Wahid Abdel Ghaffar
    11 Ratings

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    Pros

    • The company provide a good working environment (in 10 reviews)

    • Good work life balance for public accounting (in 3 reviews)

    Cons

    • Not tends to have work life balance (in 10 reviews)

    • Long working hours due to the nature of the industry, no OT & limited benefits provided (in 6 reviews)

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    1. Helpful (1)

      "Good company to train with"

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      Current Employee - Auditing Supervisor in Gatwick, England
      Current Employee - Auditing Supervisor in Gatwick, England
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Baker Tilly International full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Great people, supportive senior management that are willing to work around you rather than other way around.

      Cons

      Repetitive nature (more due to nature of audit)

    2. Helpful (1)

      "Good for building experience"

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      Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant
      Current Employee - Human Resources Assistant
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      Good opportunities to learn, CIPD paid for by baker Tilly study part time whilst working

      Cons

      Long hours, not much flexibility or work like balance. Very high expectations

      Advice to Management

      Be appreciative of staff good will and willingness to work long hours, it shouldn't just be expected!

    3. Helpful (4)

      "Takeover"

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      Former Employee - Business Advisory Manager in Cambridge, East of England, England
      Former Employee - Business Advisory Manager in Cambridge, East of England, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Baker Tilly International (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      The technical training is very good, the work-life balance is okay, decent salary and pension structure. There are plenty of opportunities for the right people.

      Cons

      The management team do not appear to have any understanding of what makes the average employee tick with regards to motivation. You are just a number and if you are in an office that is taken over by Baker Tilly there isn't much regards for the impact is has on people.

      Advice to Management

      Treat people as individuals, listen to their concerns. Look out for the people that don't always shout the loudest - sometimes they have potential too.

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    4. "Not interested in staff"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Baker Tilly International full-time

      Pros

      Training contract very beneficial. Goes a long way once the time to move on comes around. Good exposure to a variety of businesses.

      Cons

      Staff retention very poor as a result of not caring for their staff. Overtime and hard work are not rewarded.

    5. "Good place to start a career."

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      Current Employee - Tax Accountant in London, England
      Current Employee - Tax Accountant in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Baker Tilly International full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      A good variety of work and experiece is available here. They are keen to promote from within, and have regular on-going staff training.

      Cons

      Salaries are bottom of market rate and annual pay rises are a rare occurrence. Senior management do not appear to care for staff retention.

    6. Helpful (2)

      "Conservative, financially stable, typical accountancy firm"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      Pros

      Financially stable, national firm - now part of decent international network (RSM). Offer full accounting services, bought all of previous RSM Tenon business.

      Cons

      regional thinking firm with little national co-ordination, poor training, very conservative leadership and political in extreme. Narrow minded management style.

      Advice to Management

      be more entreprenerial in your style and management thinking

    7. Helpful (3)

      "Underpaid and overworked. Work was very unevenly dispersed throughout the year"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at Baker Tilly International full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      I enjoyed the craic in the office. Great people to work with ...when there was work to do. Plenty of time sitting around doing nothing when things were quiet.

      Cons

      Uneven workload. Unrealistic expectations. Being promised things then having them taken away.

      Advice to Management

      People are not commodities. Work is but one element of life, an element that pays the bills. Snide incentives to stay always backfire (e.g. delayed bonus payments)

    8. "nice place. good people"

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      Current Employee - Trainee in London, England
      Current Employee - Trainee in London, England
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      great place to work etc

      Cons

      pay not enought, nice office

      Advice to Management

      be nice, work hard

    9. "Auditor"

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      Current Employee - Auditor in London, England
      Current Employee - Auditor in London, England
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      There is very good career progression opportunties within the company and there is also impressive salary growth.
      The excellent pension plan is an added bonus.

      Cons

      The recording of time by units can at times be a slight pain, however this is consistent with all other accountancy firms within the industry.

      Advice to Management

      There is potential possibility of winning clients from the big four as well as the focus on owner managed businesses.

    10. "Growing firm with opportunities"

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      Current Employee - Management in Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)
      Current Employee - Management in Dublin, Co. Dublin (Ireland)
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Baker Tilly International full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Recently joined the Baker Tilly network which will provide lots of opportunities to grow if you are in the right sector/discipline.
      Some interesting specialist teams have been established recently that most other firms don't have.

      Cons

      Poor offices and a poor culture around what a professional office should be.

      Advice to Management

      Merge with another firm soon because you need a lot more scale.

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