Pinion Reviews

4.1

75% would recommend to a friend

(130 total reviews)
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Jeff Wald

91% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

Pinion has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 130 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Pinion 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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130 reviews
2.0
13 Sept 2017

Associate

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There were some great co-workers here and they did invest a fair amount in training employees, initially. I enjoyed the people I worked with. If you can stick around long enough to make manager I believe the earnings are much better.

Cons

The overall feel of KCoe Isom is that of a greedy company who does not care much for employees at the associate level. They pride themselves on having a slow, promotion process to attain senior, etc. They believe this makes you more accomplished and the role more elite, but really it is just a way of delaying pay increases and bonuses. They are not generous to their employees. The years I worked here I saw $20 Walmart Gift Cards for my Christmas bonuses (not even enough to purchase the Jelly-of-the-Month-Club, sorry Griswald!) and tax season bonuses were even more atrocious considering me and my colleague's time-investment (50$ gift card, maybe). They also skimped on many other aspects of employee benefits (snacks, Christmas parties, etc.). Other firms I worked for were far more generous and appreciative. When I examined KCoe Isom from my rear-view mirror it became obvious how stingy they are.

3.0
20 Sept 2017

Associate

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great health insurance (if you're insuring yourself, otherwise incredibly expensive)

Cons

KCoe has grown by sucking up smaller firms all over the United States, and salary/compensation is based on the amount of revenue associates bring in (WIP/Production), which, of course, is normal. However, if you join a recently acquired firm, or your firm works on smaller, therefore cheaper clients (which does not necessarily correlate with cost of living...) then your compensation will reflect that. I just passed the CPA Exam and I make less than 40,000 a year in a college town of over 35,000 students alone - AKA rent is out of control and my COL does not match my income. It's terrible, and for someone who had a stellar GPA in college and is 2 classes away from his master's degree, it's downright unacceptable. It doesn't matter where you are in the United States - CPAs/CPA candidates are worth more than that. And they don't care. Don't expect them to. They'll tell you what they know you want to hear for you to say Yes to their outrageous terms. Let me help you: don't say yes. Walk away.

2.0
18 Mar 2021

Nothing Magical, Nothing Horrible

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

No out-of-pocket cost for employee health insurance coverage, people are genuinely nice and helpful. They do their best to invest in their employees and offer fairly generous incentive programs for additional certifications.

Cons

Partners are not held accountable for their actions, the CEO is a great visionary but lacks the bite to align all partners after M&A activity. Advancement is defined on paper but ambiguous in the way to advance and is rather subjective. There are places where you can advance faster than others, and they reward high performance with more work and responsibility while they dangled the carrot in front of you.

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