Grant Thornton International Reviews

Pros

The company is many ways truly international and it is great place to work with wide variety of people and learn from our cultural differences.

Cons

We have grown from few people to an organisation of medium size, yet we do not have internal support functions that would allow the middle management to carry out their job effectively. The senior management turns blind eye to any difficult internal issues and decisions.

Advice to Senior Management

Less politics and more leadership by example with an positive attitude please. It is ever so disappointing to see the people one would like to look up unable to show solid people and project management skills.

Pros

-Private firm
-Good benefits
-Small compared to BAH, Deloitte, etc..
-Easy to talk to senior management
-Very quick IT support and finance services

Cons

-No standardization of deliverable materials
-Won't pay for parking at home office
-Won't pay for parking on client site
-No Downtown DC home office

Advice to Senior Management

-Please pay for parking at home office and at client site. It's not cool that we have to pay money to go into the office.

Pros

It's work in public accounting with marginally better work life balance than what my friends at the Big 4 describe.

Cons

It's still public accounting, with all the stress and frustractions that come with it. If you're expecting great work life balance, public accounting is never the way to go

Pros

Work/Life Balance generally
Exposure to many different projects and industries
Great People
Great Culture

Cons

Salary and Bonus Structure
Leadership Capabilities
Global Opportunities for Employees

Advice to Senior Management

Ensure leaders and management are competent and restructure bonuses to make more meritocratic.

Pros

Loved the teams i worked with but the managers were just ignorant and never wanted to help out.

Cons

Management was never transpareent and told stories to conceal the truth.

Advice to Senior Management

Will never work there again

Pros

I recently had a child and the firm has done a nice job of helping me make my schedule livable (as best they can in this industry)

Cons

As expected, public accounting is not a great place to try to start a family. Though the firm is supportive, there are expected bumps in the road trying to make this career work with being a new mom.

Pros

Good vacation time and benefits. Some clients provide great learning experiences but that depends on what clients you get put on in the beginning.

Cons

Poor pay compared to the BIG 4. Not a lot of industry's to choose from, so may get stuck working in an industry that you have no interest in.

Pros

You work with greta people and get great on the job training. You are also given lots of responsability.

Cons

The conomy has been hard on the public accounting industry.

Pros

Pay was comparable to the Big 4 but the metro area is very short staffed so you will be put on anything they need you for and will basically work busy season hours year round

Cons

A ton of travel, very long hours even during "off" season. No respect, senior management are arrogant and do not care to help others learn

Advice to Senior Management

Lower level staff should be able to rate their seniors/coaches, etc for ratings and reviews to be more fair since it is not

Pros

Opportunity to gain a variety of experience

Cons

Paying for Parking can be very expensive