Might as well go big 4 - Assurance Associate RSM Employee Review

2.0
30 May 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Each office has its own culture, which is great if you are in a good office for you and fit in. -If you have a team that you get along with well things are more tolerable.

Cons

-Expect to have zero social life outside of the office and looked at funny if you have other obligations other than work. -Extremely clique-y. -Hours comparable or worse than big 4 without the name recognition. -Working extremely long hours is not considered going above and beyond, its considered doing your job. -If you have a bad in-charge you have very little opportunity or ability to voice your concerns. -"up or out" mentality breeds in-charges that are not ready for leadership and are consistently overwhelmed and unable to teach new staff appropriately. -Management is often out of touch regarding how much work goes into each job, which makes staff feel like they need to constantly cut hours while doing even more work, which leads to eating hours and a vicious cycle of under-budgeted jobs each year.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
11 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you are in the right team, with good seniors and good managers you will have a good time with the work. Hybrid was a very nice touch, they were pretty good about allowing you your two days at home if you wanted them. Benefits were decent

Cons

Very, very team dependent. A ton of seniors seriously don't want to teach at all. I remember coming up, and even after I was a senior, listening to people complain so much that they got a first year, and they did not want to teach them or didn't have time to. Its a huge popularity contest on if you get good jobs or not. Partners will make you work the most crap jobs and keep all the good jobs for their favorites. They use and abuse people so often. Got laid off 1 day after the busy season.

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