Client Review on Chicago Accounting

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My company’s experience with Brad Filmanowicz was a disappointing endeavor in which created more work for me and my team. Please read this review in its entirety so you (and your company) can avoid this disastrous person. Unfortunately, we did not do any research in regards to his business ethics prior to hiring him. To start, he immediately pressed his “book” onto us, and insisted we read it. As if it was the golden key to unlock all of our questions & solve every problem. So we bought it and read it. To say the least, it sounded like a poorly written pamphlet from a child, that didn’t even get the proper attention of an editor. Additionally, the info was basic, repetitive, and did absolutely no good for us. Waste of money & time. (It’s an eBook.) Regardless, we pressed on and ATTEMPTED to get our company’s issues addressed. Brad did NOTHING but give us the runaround and let his assistant continually do the same. We were straightforward in asking Brad Filmanowicz from the beginning as to what he could do for us and our financial affairs at hand. All that seemed to excite him was his fascination with chatting obsessively about making us CFO’s. We told Brad what we were hiring him for, and becoming CFO’s was absolutely not what we needed help with. We highly regret bringing him into our business. (Figuratively and literally.) He was not just ineffective and unfocused, but he was also verbally abusive. After getting the runaround for several months we invited Brad to our office to discuss the balance sheets and Quick Books. He was extremely unprofessional; he became loud, uncontrollable, and verbally harassed two of my office employees. One of my employees had asked Brad a question about Quick Books in which she honestly did not know the answer to. He completely flipped out. He used the “F” word, he called us names, made racial slurs, and he started stampeding around our office which actually took me off guard almost as much as his inappropriate hollering. I think we all felt embarrassed & confused as this grown man pounced around in complete pandemonium. I asked Brad to settle down and to take a seat. He took the opportunity to quickly approach me with a puffed out chest as if to signal he wanted to spar. I was so taken off guard, I was speechless. Luckily, one of my elders in the office stood up and told Brad to take a hike! It was surely a scene from the Jerry Springer show. We were left with our mouths open to the floor as Mr. Filmanowicz stomped out of our office cursing obscenities and having a tantrum. In hindsight, I see that he was only concerned with getting his own (highly inflated) paycheck while doing utterly NO WORK. We ended up having to hire ANOTHER certified public accountant (this time a real firm, rather than just a single human entity), and they couldn’t believe how badly Brad Filmanowicz botched our statements, and it created much more work in order to fix his wrong doings. His business ethics are, frankly, nonexistent. Not only is he uneducated in accounting, he’s oblivious on how to treat other human beings. I am appalled at his lack of standards, and more so his unconcern for others. After his irate episode in our presence, he continued to harass us through a barrage of emails. These emails are inappropriate and entail Brad threatening to expose our company’s finances, and he’s also concocted a story in which we are conducting illegalities. I cannot recommend this CPA. In fact, I’m filing a complaint with the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation and the AICPA. Thank you