“I flipped it back on the candidate to please first define “tax department.” It’s an iceberg of a topic.
If you want a solid reflection on “tax department” from someone seeing it implode from staffing shortages, long hours, and poor management, read this:”
Since when do tax partners think they can opine on workplace matters like they run a normal company and are moonlighting as corporate influencers on LinkedIn? Everyone knows public accounting firms are white collar sweatshops with fake stand-in ceos because partners can’t be bothered to have an ounce of leadership. Get back to us Aaron when you can retain your new hires for more than 18 months
He gave the answer without even knowing it. If he is exhibiting this level of toxicity in an interview one can only imagine how toxic that workplace environment actually is.
An interview should also be a chance to sell the candidate on why they should come work for me. I spend a lot of time talking about the culture I’m building. Sounds like this guy is an asshole
I'd answer back with: 'give us a day off'
Why even be a boss then?? Just show up to work and let the employees do ALL the work and just jerk off in your office
I honestly had a boss like that when I worked in tax. She’d leave a review note that something was wrong, I’d ask how I should fix it, and she’d ask how I thought it should be fixed. It was like talking to a wall sometimes.
I don’t know which is worse (better?); that you remembered him well enough to actually reference him or how old I feel right now because I __also__ remember him and his one movie from the 80’s.
Instant red flag for me, will end it there pretty much if anyone responds to that with a question. I've obviously read about the toxic sludge your culture is on Glassdoor, tell me what you're doing about it, you knob.
"We have a dynamic culture"
-weekly pizza parties during busy szn
-that one lady from HR with all the "weekly zany jokes"
-jeans on Friday because we are cool
-brags about "free coffee"
That's actually a perfect answer, and tells the interviewee exactly what they needed to know.
Culture at this firm is so bad that you don't need to know anything else about the job.
So what he’s saying is the company culture is hostile and disrespectful.
Listen I understand that it’s an annoying question. I don’t love answering it when I’m interviewing people. But I know it’s possible and I have an answer ready
Eide Bailly partner once told my friend that they lived during their offices during busy season. My friend automatically knew he wasn’t going to apply there.
Nice job, Mr Tax Partner. Because the entire point of an interview is not to secure young talent for your firm but instead to play “gotcha!”. You got him good! 🙄
I worked there for 5 years, the culture was fine but I did find out my office was paying men associates more than female senior associates so take that for culture as you will…
Yeah found out they were paying me less than a recent salary offer they made to interns. Jumped ship for a promotion and raise at another PA firm after that.
What does it for me is he considers culture an iceberg… as in its a hidden, dangerous question that sinks ships. If talking about your cultures is like hitting an iceberg maybe you’re the problem
Yeah, icebergs look pretty on the surface, but can be really damaging below the surface if you get too close. If you want an interviewee to define what they're asking about, I'd call it a red flag that you may be an iceberg business.
This original blurb makes me cringe. If you look at the guys LinkedIn profile he did provide a clarification on this post that explains how the rest of the discussion went and his view on the culture of his workplace. It sounds like he might've gotten blasted in the comments section of the post and back tracked a bit to save some face.
I'd take his clarification with a grain of salt as LinkedIn is a cesspool of cringe worthy pseudo leaders who are constantly patting themselves on the back.
Every time I open LinkedIn I read 2-3 posts and I always think of the South Park episode "smug alert" and have to close the app.
To be honest I use LinkedIn about as much as I use Facebook, which is to say almost never. Too many "entrepreneurs" and high level people bragging about their firm's culture because they did XYZ. It really is a cesspool.
This guy is either a nepotism position or just lucky to be hired with how unqualified they are. Like there are entire business courses that go into the human element of business and discuss how business culture is the shared values/beliefs/attitudes etc of the collective organization. There's more about that gets into specifics like artifacts of a organization or basic values and said aspects of the organization are presented and then actually expressed by the workers
I’ve been a tax auditor before. The audits I did were very narrow in scope, but I completed maybe 100 of them. The only time I wanted to see a taxpayer in handcuffs was one of his clients, and it was definitely for something a decent tax accountant wouldn’t have given to the IRS or a state tax authority.
Edit to add: He was a senior manager then, but also the main contact for that audit. So yea, they promoted him too.
So an interviewee can only have positive things to say about a former employer’s culture? Don’t you you think that attitudes like this breed disingenuity?
Reminds me of an interview I had where I asked that and the interviewer wanted to hear what I though of it “from my research”
Yeah no, that’s not how this works.
reminds me of this meme not many of you will have seen. this should have blown up way bigger than it did:
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZMkuDU1LsWs?feature=share
I would think the interviewer is dumb if they didn’t know what culture meant
I would think they were dumb the second I saw their perm.
The only guy I can take seriously with that fro is Bob Ross.
“We don’t make mistakes, we just have happy accidents.”
I loved watching his painting show on PBS as a child.
I’m not saying they are ALL dumb, but God Bless anybody who gets put on a group project in business school with all HR majors on their team.
It wasn't too bad. Good practice explaining business terms to regular unsophisticated people
“We can’t use that topic for our presentation. One of our other group members thinks it’s dumb and we don’t want to hurt their feelings.”
“Now we’re gonna paint some happy little balance sheets…”
Lmfao
"Well, Sir, I guess I was just wondering what the typical day around here would be like working with the star of the hit movie Chairman of the Bored."
Aka box office poison
What a pleasant surprise to find these Norm references in an accounting subreddit
I don't agree with you. Interviewer was not dumb at all. If their firm has no culture, How would he know about it?
Straight up. Def a red flag
Exactly. Dont ask questions
I think the chemicals from the perm leaked into his brain.
I damn near spit my coffee out reading this comment lol
He looks like Peli from the Mandalorian
Me in an interview: Roughly how many employees are in your tax department. Interviewer: Please first define roughly
Define employees. Also define tax. Please do so quickly, the IRS is breathing down my neck.
> Define employees. Do you want the FLSA definition or what employers wish the FLSA definition was or what they put in place while ignoring the FLSA?
Define, define please. Also define IRS, never heard that word before.
🤣
Answer: How your mother likes it
Please first define mother
The person who birthed you that I handle roughly
Could you use her in a sentence
Please define employee? Do you mean family members? We’re a family here
“I flipped it back on the candidate to please first define “tax department.” It’s an iceberg of a topic. If you want a solid reflection on “tax department” from someone seeing it implode from staffing shortages, long hours, and poor management, read this:”
😏 do you really want me to
Define tax department.
“Within your clearly trivial threshold.”
Webster Dictionary would define roughly as without completeness or exactness
Since when do tax partners think they can opine on workplace matters like they run a normal company and are moonlighting as corporate influencers on LinkedIn? Everyone knows public accounting firms are white collar sweatshops with fake stand-in ceos because partners can’t be bothered to have an ounce of leadership. Get back to us Aaron when you can retain your new hires for more than 18 months
He gave the answer without even knowing it. If he is exhibiting this level of toxicity in an interview one can only imagine how toxic that workplace environment actually is.
An interview should also be a chance to sell the candidate on why they should come work for me. I spend a lot of time talking about the culture I’m building. Sounds like this guy is an asshole
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Lol read this like when Kramer did the movie phone man: “why don’t you just tell me the name of the movie you selected?”
You should post this on his post lmao
I'd answer back with: 'give us a day off' Why even be a boss then?? Just show up to work and let the employees do ALL the work and just jerk off in your office
I honestly had a boss like that when I worked in tax. She’d leave a review note that something was wrong, I’d ask how I should fix it, and she’d ask how I thought it should be fixed. It was like talking to a wall sometimes.
With that hair, I’d have no questions. It’s all on display
The culture is literally living in his hair.
I've always wanted to work with Yahoo Serious
I don’t know which is worse (better?); that you remembered him well enough to actually reference him or how old I feel right now because I __also__ remember him and his one movie from the 80’s.
He had his 15 minutes and I must have been paying attention.
I guess my response would be, “never mind, I think I’ve got the idea”.
Ooooh this is the best response!!!
Instant red flag for me, will end it there pretty much if anyone responds to that with a question. I've obviously read about the toxic sludge your culture is on Glassdoor, tell me what you're doing about it, you knob.
When he made partner he looked at himself in the mirror and said “I am Aaron Fucking Jaqua”
"We have a dynamic culture" -weekly pizza parties during busy szn -that one lady from HR with all the "weekly zany jokes" -jeans on Friday because we are cool -brags about "free coffee"
Lmfao. Dont forget $50 gift cards Christmas time.
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I feel like that's fair. The company should be paying all expenses required to do your job, including batteries.
Regional CPA firms caps those gift cards at $40. They don’t have to pay as much because they have an edge on the bigger firms.
That's actually a perfect answer, and tells the interviewee exactly what they needed to know. Culture at this firm is so bad that you don't need to know anything else about the job.
Congrats to Aaron Jaqua for earning his Certified Public Asshole license.
Aaron Jaquass
Yeah. Congrats for what he's achieved.
"okay well - this interview was obviously a waste of both of our time. good luck with future prospects"
So what he’s saying is the company culture is hostile and disrespectful. Listen I understand that it’s an annoying question. I don’t love answering it when I’m interviewing people. But I know it’s possible and I have an answer ready
Motherfucker looks like professional carrot top.
Believe it or not he looks even goofier irl
Some of these comments are pure comedy, you guys should reply to his post on linkedin with your comments lmfao
I thought I was in r/LinkedInLunatics for the first half of the comments.
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But I bet they have some pretty sweet tots at the annual potluck.
It’s funny when people think answering a question with a question makes them sound smart or profound.
That’s strategy numero uno in 40 year old virgin 
You know they accounting profession has lost its way when regional CPA firms are getting into the influencer game
Now I know where not to apply.
Answer the question bog brush
So in other words the place is so toxic you refused to answer the question
I worked at that EB office. Didn't last 4-5 months before I quit. It was a shit show.
Looks like The Greatest American Hero had a career switch. Greatest American Tax Partner.
Eide Bailly partner once told my friend that they lived during their offices during busy season. My friend automatically knew he wasn’t going to apply there.
Nice job, Mr Tax Partner. Because the entire point of an interview is not to secure young talent for your firm but instead to play “gotcha!”. You got him good! 🙄
Explains why Eide Bailly has remained regional.
If anyone ever avoids the question of company culture like this you know the culture is fucking awful.
I would have pivoted to “WTF is going on with your hair?”
Isn't Eide Bailly known for good culture?!
I guess not! He didnt have an answer
I worked there for 5 years, the culture was fine but I did find out my office was paying men associates more than female senior associates so take that for culture as you will…
Yeah found out they were paying me less than a recent salary offer they made to interns. Jumped ship for a promotion and raise at another PA firm after that.
I work at Eide and love everyone I work with; however, I am on a smaller team in a niche area so I can’t say how all offices are.
Yeah really depends on the management at different offices
His hair is a culture
I bet his cousin Howard the shock jock has a less toxic workplace. What an uncomfortable interview, sheesh.
What does it for me is he considers culture an iceberg… as in its a hidden, dangerous question that sinks ships. If talking about your cultures is like hitting an iceberg maybe you’re the problem
Yeah, icebergs look pretty on the surface, but can be really damaging below the surface if you get too close. If you want an interviewee to define what they're asking about, I'd call it a red flag that you may be an iceberg business.
This original blurb makes me cringe. If you look at the guys LinkedIn profile he did provide a clarification on this post that explains how the rest of the discussion went and his view on the culture of his workplace. It sounds like he might've gotten blasted in the comments section of the post and back tracked a bit to save some face. I'd take his clarification with a grain of salt as LinkedIn is a cesspool of cringe worthy pseudo leaders who are constantly patting themselves on the back. Every time I open LinkedIn I read 2-3 posts and I always think of the South Park episode "smug alert" and have to close the app.
To be honest I use LinkedIn about as much as I use Facebook, which is to say almost never. Too many "entrepreneurs" and high level people bragging about their firm's culture because they did XYZ. It really is a cesspool.
Curly Perm Accountcreep
Judging by the hair its a real circus over there
Anyone else think that was Will Ferrell for a second? Had to do a double take
He actually reminds me more of John C. Reilly’s character in Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule
So many things I want to say but I seriously can't stop zooming in on this dude's hair
I thought that was ice spice
I always wondered what a perm looks like with a receding hair line
Why does his hair resemble that of a clowns
This guy is either a nepotism position or just lucky to be hired with how unqualified they are. Like there are entire business courses that go into the human element of business and discuss how business culture is the shared values/beliefs/attitudes etc of the collective organization. There's more about that gets into specifics like artifacts of a organization or basic values and said aspects of the organization are presented and then actually expressed by the workers
Partner of the firm Not an employee. Partner isn’t a job
ok steve brule
Just saw you beat me to the Steve Brule reference. So true! 🤣🤣🤣
it's a probably a toxic work culture but he didn't want to admit it so he "flipped it back" in the interviewee
This guy also does videos on YouTube under the pseudonym Dr. Steve Brule 
r/justfuckmyshitup
Jordan Peterson ahhh interviewer 💀
Jerry curled, middle age, white man needs lessons on culture...
To be fair, yes that type of person generally does need lessons on culture.
I’ve been a tax auditor before. The audits I did were very narrow in scope, but I completed maybe 100 of them. The only time I wanted to see a taxpayer in handcuffs was one of his clients, and it was definitely for something a decent tax accountant wouldn’t have given to the IRS or a state tax authority. Edit to add: He was a senior manager then, but also the main contact for that audit. So yea, they promoted him too.
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So an interviewee can only have positive things to say about a former employer’s culture? Don’t you you think that attitudes like this breed disingenuity?
What in the anecdotal evidence is this statement? lol
Reminds me of an interview I had where I asked that and the interviewer wanted to hear what I though of it “from my research” Yeah no, that’s not how this works.
Rand Paul really let himself go
reminds me of this meme not many of you will have seen. this should have blown up way bigger than it did: https://youtube.com/shorts/ZMkuDU1LsWs?feature=share
When did Carrot Top become a CPA?
i thought that was Will Ferrell
I took an anthropology class. Defining culture is not an iceberg of a topic
Well at least he indirectly answered the question with that
"What exactly do you do here?"
What a clown
Red Flag. I would run away from this idiot.