LiveCA Reviews

**BEWARE** I used to be a long term employee at LiveCA, but am no longer. It was my choice to leave, and I am thankful I did. Do not work here unless you enjoy the following: - being over worked (prepare to work 50+ hours a week, without pay or appreciation) - being thrown under multiple buses just to save face with the horrible clients LiveCA chooses to work with (management will have no problem blaming their employees for their own mistakes just to keep clients happy and make themselves look better) - wearing multiple hats without compensation or appreciation (prepare to be 24/7 customer support, bookkeeper, AP/AR, accountant, payroll, management, and just an overall punching bag for clients) - not being compensated fairly = compensation is crap ("here, have 10 + additional files even through you are at your work limits, oh and HEY here is no compensation for your hard work") - not being able to say what you honestly feel. Do not say (politely) NO to LiveCA because they will take that as you saying YES or they will just fire you without any cause because you cannot "handle" the workload - not being able to stick up for yourself or others (LiveCA has been letting people go who stick up for themselves and set work boundaries that they do not respect) - no room for growth (unless you are wanting to become a CPA, don't expect any room for growth) - not having the support you need (LiveCA pretends they offer support when in reality there is too much work and not enough (reliable) employees to actually give the support you need) - love secrets? You will fit right in! (Back in the day everything used to be so open and honest. Recently, everything has been a secret... it became hard to a) keep up with all the secrets and lies: who we could tell, who wasn't suppose to know. b) nothing was told to us so everything became gaslight and blindsided. I caught LiveCA in many lies throughout the years... not a good image) - ignoring emails and phone calls from clients (if they do not want to deal with it, they blame the spam folder) - horrible benefits and compensation (no retirement savings plan or real incentive to stick around for long term. But hey, get a glowing annual review because of your hard work and in exchange your annual compensation is nickels) - short term (LiveCA seems to love to hire new people but can't keep them to stay) - never going on maternity or parental leave (LiveCA has been letting people go once they come back from maternity leave if they aren't able to work FT hours at the moment) - OUTSOURCING WORK AND NOT TELLING THEIR CLIENTS (LiveCA has outsourced their departments but it was known firm wide that this was not suppose to be known to our clients - if you have a conscious, prepare to let that go out the window) - anxiety and crippling decline of your mental wellbeing The list can go on and on but please take this into consideration before signing any of their paperwork. This is coming from real life experience and not because I was let go or fired!

- That YOU don't work here. If you're cool. - Some of these glassdoor reviews that people have been leaving. Every new company has it's hiccups while it's beginning to put procedures in place, the point of an employee at this time is to help be the voice that guides those procedures. Or to accept that changes need to happen to encourage its growth in a sustainable way. - This "frat house" or "party life" comment I keep seeing. We have a games day once per month and, of course, workcation with co-workers on a resort is encouraged. That doesn't mean that people party all day long. It means we're finding a way to connect over long distances and get to know one another, in some cases, in a non-work related way - like real co-workers do. It just so happens that meeting in a hot destination is a greater advantage that we have with having a flexible schedule and a travel allowance. But if you prefer not to do that type of thing, you can meet up with people in other parts of Canada - or just never leave your house. It's completely up to you! Conclusion: I think it's unfair for people to write reviews about LiveCA that say that it boasts all these lovely photos on Instagram about the trips that our team does, because really... what company would ever post about any of its downfalls on social media? I think that's silly to bring up. I also think it just means that we now have an excellent social media person who is trying to capture the intended nature of the job / company. Which is to have work-life balance and to show that we are celebrating and embracing it as an entire company. Whether if its that you want to spend more time with your family and not have to commute, or you've decided you want to RV around the continent... as long as you can figure out your wifi situation and you are good at managing your own work and speaking up when you feel swamped... this company will be a great fit for you.