Toxic Work Environment with Favoritism and Unjust Terminations - Senior Assurance Associate The Pun Group Employee Review

1.0
3 Mar 2025
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Pros

Salary package Friendly local teams

Cons

I worked at [Company Name] for [X months/years], and unfortunately, my experience was far from positive. One of the main issues was the presence of a manager who exhibited bullying behavior towards employees. This individual created a hostile and uncomfortable work environment, belittling staff, frequently making inappropriate comments, and creating unnecessary tension within the team. What made it even worse was that upper management turned a blind eye to this behavior and even seemed to favor the manager, allowing them to continue without consequence. In addition to the bullying, the company’s lack of communication regarding job security was another major issue. I witnessed several employees being terminated without any prior warning or feedback. There was no transparency around performance expectations or any opportunity to correct mistakes before being let go. The constant fear of being fired without notice created an atmosphere of stress and insecurity, which severely impacted morale. While the company did offer some competitive compensation, the toxic culture and lack of support from management made it a very challenging place to work. I would not recommend this company to anyone who values a respectful work environment, fairness, or job security. It’s disheartening to see a company with such potential mishandling its employees and fostering such a negative atmosphere.

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5.0
23 Sept 2022
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Pros

Honestly everyone here is very nice and helpful! They provide trainings and paid for me to get my CPA license. They buy lunches especially when we worked late. I feel like most of the bad reviews are from disgruntled ex employees that worked under one poor manager that left already. Auditing is time consuming and can have long hours but so can many other jobs. I loved it here, I just got a better opportunity so I took it elsewhere.

Cons

Pay isn’t great starting off but I was straight out of college with no experience so can’t complain.

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2.0
16 Jan 2018
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Pros

-Partners were approachable, and very patient to answer all your questions until you fully understood. -Due to the size of the firm, you can experience senior work even when you at staff level if you are willing to learn and show them your ability. -Staff level coworkers are very friendly and willing to help each other.

Cons

-A partner threatened me to have HR hold my final paycheck until I finish my work at my last day! -High employee turnover even during busy season, so be prepared to experience more work from other people who left. -The firm does not pay 100% insurance, employee share the cost with the firm, no year end bonus, no regular evaluation. -They discourage coworkers talking to each other for anything non work related, they even switch staff level employees’ seats to prevent that -Client base is not diversified -Some supervisors at the firm have temper issue, they are under a lot of stress but they should be more professional to not give lower level employees attitude. -Staff employees may feel their work and time is not appreciated, the firm doesn't allow any toll road use, you get a written warning for use $2 toll road before they made it clear toll road was not allowed, because you are exempt, they don't have to pay you for the extra time you spend on the traffic, and they "encourage" you to carpool with your coworkers even you may live 30 mins away from each other so they can save the mileage reimbursement, small things like that makes staff level employees feel dispensable.

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The Pun Group Response
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Thank you for your feedback! If you could reached out to our Management team and we will address your concern. We are always striving to better the Firm and provide opportunities for professionals!
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