XBRL experience is not valued as accounting experience - Professional Services Manager Workiva Employee Review

3.0
1 Mar 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexibility, casual environment, good pay

Cons

PSM role is easy to sell to new grads/those leaving public - great pay and casual environment. But word to the wise, this experience will not be valued by future employers. It is a dead end job. 10% of the department has left and management is realizing that our jobs cannot easily be replaced by India, so they are now hiring again. If you're reading this on the job hunt, be wary. What might seem bright and shiny at first will soon leave you working 80 hour weeks in a rusty app wondering what you got yourself into.

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