Great place for tax workers, marketing not for me
Pros
- During my time at Lurie when I came on in 2020 we were all working remote, which is my preference, and they had the systems in place to do so efficiently. - The company often had yearly outings with great food trucks etc. Was nice to see more people outside of my immediate team during these outings. - Was given 4 weeks of PTO when I began at the lowest level in the company, very generous of them to do so. - Was given the week of the Fourth of July off, which was great, but was forced to take 2 PTO days, which doesn’t make sense. - Received a yearly bonus which was great and unexpected being that I was so new. We also got a yearly wellness stipend which was very generous. - I would highly recommend working at Lurie if you’re in the tax field, they have great growth opportunities for tax associates. - Lurie developed a robust growth framework for the company while I was there, clearly outlining the areas that they wanted to grow in the future. Gave a good sense of security.
Cons
- When I transitioned to a full-time employee from an Intern, I was told that I should be working roughly 45-50 hrs per week, instead of the 40 hrs that I did while interning. I understand that may be the nature of the accounting industry, but it rubbed me the wrong way, especially being in marketing and not working with any external stakeholders. - While the PTO policy giving a minimum of 4 weeks was great, the policy also states that employees shouldn’t necessarily be taking the full 4 weeks of PTO, you’re supposed to find a “happy medium”. Which makes no sense to me, if I have the PTO I will be sure to use all of it, especially since it resets every year. - While I was not on any insurance plans, they certainly seem quite expensive, especially for a company of this size. - While my position was brand new at the company, it evolved greatly over the course of the nearly two years I was here. While I was happy to take on additional tasks, my cost of living raises didn’t reflect that, and I typically felt underpaid for the work I was performing. - My position also didn’t have any growth opportunities. - I was told under no circumstances that I could discuss my pay raise with others on my team. While I wouldn’t do so in general, I know I’m completely within my rights to do so, all that did was add to my perception of the controlling nature of management. - Over time, my position dealt with a lot of internal communication with other teams, and while I was happy to do so, management would often just write up communications and tell me to send them. Basically just leaving me wondering why they wouldn’t have just sent it in the first place. Had a time when a CSC reached out to my boss with a question on a communication I had with the CSC team, my boss thought I did the entirety of the communication wrong and asked that I redo the project, after I spent the entire day communicating with everyone, all I learned was that I communicated the right way in the first place and everyone else understood the request. Trust is important, and there certainly seemed to be a lack of it. Lurie has been a very COVID conscious workplace for the better, but at the peak this past January I was told to come back into the office full-time, so I could “collaborate” and “build relationships” more with all the in-office workers who sit in their closed offices all day. To me this just felt like a controlling tactic more than anything and was the primary reason I left.