Grant Thornton, LLP Reviews in Chicago, IL Area

Current Employee – been working at Grant Thornton, LLP full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great place to work in Chicago

Cons – The busy season is a lot of work but the summer makes up for it

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Grant Thornton, LLP full-time for more than a year

Pros – professional people and professonal experience

Cons – no comment, I see only positives

Advice to Senior Management – appreciate their effors,

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Grant Thornton, LLP for less than a year

Pros – It's really tough to think of anything positive but there is heat in the winter and air conditioning in the summer...some of the people seem nice but ultimately, no one knows what they are talking about, especially the "head" of the department.

Cons – Everybody in this department is out to prove that they are smarter and better than the next person. It takes weeks and sometimes even months to get any actual work done. Many people in charge of this department are extremely rude and arrogant, even to vendors and agencies trying to help.

Advice to Senior Management – Stop being so rude and hiring inexperienced people! We need people who actually know how the web works. Instead of talking about your past experiences elsewhere, how about learning something and bringing it to the table??

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Grant Thornton, LLP full-time for more than a year

Pros – good people, working hours are not bad. Partners are aggressive but treat their juniors better than other advisory firm partners.

Cons – GT gets less work compared to their peers or the Big 4

Advice to Senior Management – Need to add a lot more marketing professionals. Have an arm just for research and putting out thought leadership articles

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Grant Thornton, LLP full-time for more than a year

Pros – Flexible work schedule and not a lot of overtime

Cons – Very strict with PTO requests and dumb policy during fiscal year end - not allowed to take off days from middle of July - middle of September, even though work doesn't start until the last day of july.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Grant Thornton, LLP full-time for more than a year

Pros – Nothing; I used to work at Deloitte and it was WAY better.

Cons – Small firm not enough recources. Bad employee training.

Advice to Senior Management – Invest more in training empoloyees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Grant Thornton, LLP full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Great place to launch a new career if you are a recent graduate, and also a great place to develop a career if you are already an experienced professional. People are generally very respectful (this is rare in the accounting/professional services industry) and great to work with, very collaborative. Competitive salary & clear promotion path can be found here as well.

Cons – Could be a lot of work at times (but such is life in public accounting, right?) and changes could be slow to be implemented.

Advice to Senior Management – Lots of great ideas, a speedier execution of those ideas and a more results-oriented management style of new intiatives could really grow GT's business.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Grant Thornton, LLP

Pros – Training Opportunities
The firm supports acquiring professional certifications for its staff
Excellent support staff to assist
Worked on some great projects

Cons – Lack of integrity from management
Be prepared to hear one thing and get surprised with another; usually negative
Ineffective coaching structure
Inability to see the future and how you can contribute

Advice to Senior Management – Learn how to treat people better and keep them updated more often. There's never 100% work available, but set expectatations for staff early and often

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Grant Thornton, LLP

Pros – Work for a highly organzied, competent, global company that is on the cutting edge of technology. Willing to pay for advanced training.

Cons – Not much room for promotion or role change. New positions have been continually filled from the outside along with vacated positions. Current staff has been there for many years and some are extremely knowledgeable which makes promotion even harder, but even they aren't promoted to new openings which is why they have been in the same position for so long.

Advice to Senior Management – Work to promote your internal talent and open opportunities for advancement other than requiring moving to new cities to be involved in things. IT is a "mobile" field and should be treated as such instead of making everybody come to the "mother ship" for the opportunity. Many talented workers continue to leave because of these issues so you will eventually be outside looking in at your competitors if this keeps up much longer.

Former Employee – worked at Grant Thornton, LLP

Pros – Training Resources, brand recognition, professional exposure

Cons – Very political, goofballs promoted, god forbid you let them know you have children. Downhill from there!

Advice to Senior Management – Consider practicing what you preach.