I hated every second I was here - Accountant Wilson Stevens Employee Review

1.0
7 Jul 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good learning experience, high profile clients (Although this is heavily outweighed by the cons below)

Cons

The partners treat this firm like one big boys' club. They don't follow the rules they set for their staff, they arrive late, don't follow the dress code and take holiday in December or January. They are such fascists when it comes to budgets and timesheets. Every accountancy firm will have their own set method of preparing accounts, which will take some getting used to at first but isn't anything insummountable, but the partners change the way they want accounts prepared every 5 seconds, meaning they will always have an excuse to moan at you. They don't charge clients enough, meaning you have budgets which are almost impossible to meet and are totally inflexible, and the bookkeepers are so incompetent that you'll waste half of the budget fixing mistakes caused by their stupidity. Sniffing and swearing are rife in this office, making it almost impossible to concentrate, and somehow it will be your fault when the IT system breaks. It gets very political between the accounts department and the personal tax department, as the personal tax department argue they shouldn't have to do any work.

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5.0
6 Sept 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good work environment Lovely people Opportunity for development and growth Friendly partners Social Opinions are heard - Change is implemented based on staff feedback

Cons

Building can be unreliable, but is in a good location Currently do not offer summer hours

1.0
24 Apr 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Based in City of London. If you cannot get into midsize or larger firms then it is a good place.

Cons

Old boys network. Not very professional. Scheming partners and incompetent managers. Senior staff are aloof and do not know how to communicate. Pay is satisfactory and lack of training/opportunties. Encouraged not to spend their money. Cannot ask for help as, some colleagues would put down billable time for that help. In some instances, they would put down say ten mins for helping you for one minute.

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