I'm pissed about the company IPA. When I first hired them they promised a 3 to 1 investment return. IF it didn't happen they said they would tear up checks. Never happened and they didn't tear up checks. They saw my books, they knew where my co. was at. They claim that you'll be guided through the process, but you are pushed through with no support. Once they see that your company can't make payments they leave. You get a hand shake good luck, a spread sheet, a folder that my bookeeper laughed at, and alot of Empty promises.

This was a huge mistake on may part to let them in. Now I'm left with a bill of 65 thousand, and being harrassed by thier collections dept. This is money that I could have used to keep employees on in these slow times.I feel bad for them that I've been ripped off at my employees expense. I've paid IPA over 30 thousand of the 65 thousand I was billed. This is nothing but a con, and I will not be making any more payments to them.

The IPA system is unethical! I spent $2k on a laptop, flight tickets, etc..., to go to IPA training for a week. They said the Biz Analyst (BA) does not sale anything. The BA sales consulting services. They BA will ask biz owner questions that nobody would know, just so the BA can gain credibility and make the owner feel stupid. The BA calls the research staff in front of the owner, but there is no research staff. The BA is calling the boss and talking to the boss as one that would talk to a subordinate, so the BA looks as though he/she has power. IPA hires anybody to be a BA. You do not need a financial background to work for IPA. There were people there with little to no financial statement analysis experience. 80% of the new employees quit in 6 months. The job burns them out with long hours, like 5am-10pm. They only pay .30 cents on the mile for your car or a rent-a-car that you use. They say that this .30 cents will workout, but I doubt it. They will also say that they have a 99% satisfaction rate. They will tell you the Better Business Bureau (BBB) complaints divided by number of client's serviced equals 1%. This is not how you measure satisfaction. It should be calculated by the number of complaining phone calls to IPA divided by number of client's serviced. I would guess this is 50%. I never asked. Many dissatisfied biz owners will not bother to call the BBB. So if you are considering working with or for IPA-IBA, I would reconsider.