Worst mistake of my career - Payroll Executive RSM Employee Review

1.0
29 Mar 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Having the option to work annualised hours which suited my home life.

Cons

Brought into the company during a closure of an office in England and given payrolls to run with little or no information. Dealing with irrate clients and given no training and told to get on with things. My supervisor used to exclude me from conversations, ignore me in the team and provide little or no training to assist me to do my role effectively. After working hard for 2 years and earning the company money through effective management of my time, RMS and the senior partner of Employer Services took me to court to recoup training fees I owed the company after resigning. As a single parent I advised them that I simply couldn't afford to repay what they were asking in the unrealistic timeframe. They were not interested in my circumstances or the welfare of my child and perused me through court claiming that I had failed to pay anything. I always maintained I was willing to pay but it would be at smaller amounts. An agreement has now been put in place which could have been agreed amicably. I never met such a horrible senior manager (in my opinion) before and regret ever being part of Employer Services.

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Pros

- As assurance associate that came over from another public accounting firm, some pros are the ability to work with several different teams. - Hybrid, 2-4 days in office - Learn from senior associates - At my last acct firm never did inventory observations, so got the chance to see what that was like here at RSM

Cons

- Some seniors associates aren’t able to explain or teach which plays a part in your development as a first year associate or intern. I feel first year, intern should be able to leave feedback on senior associates. As if I’m having trouble with a senior who am I supposed to go, due to the hierarchy system they have implemented at RSM. - Can be Clicky & your colleagues will be friends in your face and talk behind you behind your back, I’ve seen it happen to others so I’m pretty sure it happened to me. Houston office can be toxic - Hierarchy system, leave people thinking with senior job titles that they are above you and you can be treated like sh*t - Favortism, you don’t have an equal chance here, because every first year is not put in the same position to succeed. Some first years are able to work closely with partners and the same colleagues but different clients which is where they can have the opportunity to build great relationships while some have to bounce from senior to senior having to learn for each client and adapt to how the senior wants the job done which in turn doesn’t help build relationships. As one can senior want something done such as accounts payable one way then you get to another client and the senior wants accounts payable done another way which makes you look bad in their eyes. Which doesn’t set you up for success at all and can overall lead to a layoff.

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