Anyone heard of a public tax firm that claims 50 hrs a week is their busy season?
Had a recruiter reach out to me on indeed stating they noticed I’m a cpa and asked if I’m interested in a tax job. I looked them up and they are in about 5 states in the US and they offer the standard suite of tax/accounting services.
I just got my cpa a few months ago and moonlit at a cpa firm this busy season. Other than that, it’s been government accounting and finance for experience. I didn’t like the firm I was at because it was antiquated in its processes and they worked insane hours 7 days a week.
The recruiter told me their firm is not like that, and instead of having a path to partner, people get rewarded through ESOP. I said my target salary is 90k and she didn’t even blink (mcol). I asked what insane hours are to them and she said while it depends, mostly it would be 50 during the busy season, which sounds amazing but suspect. She also said unlimited PTO (“really unlimited, not like other companies that claim it and don’t do it”), and hybrid ability.
She’s setting up an interview with the president for me next week and I’m trying to think of questions to ask to really sus out any potential issues.
I wanna know how the esop plan works
What would be expected of me on a daily/weekly/monthly basis, especially quarter end and tax season.
Posted Jun 4, 2026, 12:50 AM UTC