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Whitley Penn is a top audit, tax, and consulting firm that encourages its people to think entrepreneurially and communicate openly. Its managers have an open-door policy, its young professionals get meaningful experience, and the firm takes a holistic approach to hiring, looking for dynamic individuals to join its collaborative team.
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Whitley Penn is ideally looking for smart, personable, adaptable, outside-the-box thinkers who are unafraid to ask questions. The firm’s valuable internship program provides students with solid training, hands-on experience, guidance from management, and the ability to network with other interns. For its full-time staff, Whitley Penn offers many growth opportunities, including lunch-and-learns, clear promotion paths, a culture that focuses on developing the next generation of partners, and the ability to take on more responsibility.
Whitley Penn does an amazing job when it comes to work/life balance. Although hours during our busy seasons can be long, the firm provides work/life initiatives such as recharge weeks, free lunches and dinners, options to working remo...
About the Company
Texas-based Whitley Penn is one of the 35 largest accounting firms in the U.S., as measured by annual revenues. Founded in 1983 by B. Glen Whitley, Jim Penn, and Mark Topel, Whitley Penn employs more than 800 people who work out of eight offices in Texas and one in New Mexico. Whitley Penn offers tax, audit, consulting, and digital services to companies in a wide variety of industries. It is a member of the HLB International network, whose member firms have more than 1,000 offices in more than 150 countries and include approximately 47,000 people.
Employee Reviews
- “Our firm strives to provide a positive work/life environment by offering increased holiday hours given (in addition to PTO). This includes providing a ‘recharge’ week the last week of December and a full week the week of July 4th. Due to the nature of the job, hours during our busy seasons can be longer, but Whitley Penn encourages us by providing dinners, lunches, and allows for options of working remotely. While at work, Whitley Penn's culture makes work fun by impromptu events, such as annual Shak...
- “Our firm strives to provide a positive work/life environment by offering increased holiday hours given (in addition to PTO). This includes providing a ‘recharge’ week the last week of December and a full week the week of July 4th. Due to the nature of the job, hours during our busy seasons can be longer, but Whitley Penn encourages us by providing dinners, lunches, and allows for options of working remotely. While at work, Whitley Penn's culture makes work fun by impromptu events, such as annual Shake Chugging contest, Dog Parties, etc.”
- “It can be challenging to plan leave, especially since the accounting department has monthly deadlines that require careful coordination. Balancing time off with these responsibilities can sometimes be difficult, but we strive to make it work as smoothly as possible.”
- “I can’t think of anything negative about the overall quality of life. I think the leadership of the firm has created a positive overall environment. Everything is flexible within reason; it’s not difficult to get vacation time approved (there are certain rules that go with busy season, but I think that the rules are very reasonable); and the partners are very normal people who will make time for you when they’re not in a meeting or busy with other tasks. Overall, I’m very satisfied with the environment at the office.”
- “Whitley Penn is a family-friendly firm. Many workers have children and get to go to sports events and have flexibility when needed for their kids or other life events. PTO is encouraged to take. There is a ‘work hard/play hard’ mentality. You put in time during busy season (usually 50 to 60 hours each week) and then the rest of the year is time to work 40 hours and go on vacations, attend work happy hours, and enjoy life and the holidays. The firm does an amazing job with work/life balance.”
Getting Hired Here
- “Interview and call back process is as good as I think it can be. The ideal candidate is someone with an aptitude and an appetite for the work.”
- “The interview process at Whitley Penn gives candidates the opportunity to meet with individuals of all levels. They will meet with partners, managers, and seniors who they could potentially be working with in the future. Whitley Penn also typically sets up a coffee or a lunch that is more of an informal part of the interview process. That all...
- “Interview and call back process is as good as I think it can be. The ideal candidate is someone with an aptitude and an appetite for the work.”
- “The interview process at Whitley Penn gives candidates the opportunity to meet with individuals of all levels. They will meet with partners, managers, and seniors who they could potentially be working with in the future. Whitley Penn also typically sets up a coffee or a lunch that is more of an informal part of the interview process. That allows the interviewee to correspond with an individual of an equivalent level.”
- “We have a strong campus recruiting team and invest in our student interns and their campuses. We want a smart, outside-the-box thinker who is personable and ready to move at a fast pace.”
- “Interviews and callbacks were very personal. They’re usually one-on-ones with the partner or manager. The firm is looking for individuals who are not afraid to ask questions and be in uncomfortable positions. The flexibility of the candidate is a crucial trait that the firm actively seeks.”
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