Horrible atmosphere from the top down - Associate RSM Employee Review

1.0
1 Sept 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good network within the company.

Cons

Below average pay. Average benefits package. No flexible working or annualised hours. Poor quality work for a top firm. The worst thing about working here was the atmosphere. This all stemmed from the top and in particular the office partner who would send horrible emails, was unapproachable and very unreasonable when interacting with you. The entire atmosphere in the office was downbeat with a blame atmosphere and many people wanted to move on when I worked here. It was very outdated and bureaucratic and therefore hard to get anything done to budget. Junior staff were given little or no support in office and unrealistic budgets were set to meet the company recovery policy.

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Cons

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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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