Grant Thornton, LLP Reviews in New York City, NY Area

Former Employee – worked at Grant Thornton, LLP full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – supportive workplace environment, highly professional

Cons – pay could be a little better

Advice to Senior Management – continue with the supportive environment, training, cut back and unnecessary expenses like large management conference breakfasts in hotels in nyc, and pay a little more, but overall great place to work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

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

Pros – There are pockets of excellence
There are some great people
There are some great offices

Cons – Not the brightest of the bunch
Management can be aloof and rather nasty
They hire based on resume

Advice to Senior Management – Be more human and warm

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

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

Pros – Staff is friendly, but poor morale has them turning on each other too.

Cons – Very poor morale
Pay not in line with other similar firms (doesn’t even compare to big 4 even though they always compare themselves to them constantly)
Many unqualified people leading while blaming staff for what goes wrong
Unorganized and understaffed
Not much team building

Advice to Senior Management – Stop blaming staff for mistakes you make. Also, start rewarding staff for working around the clock. A $10 gift card from Starbucks won’t cut it. Realize that you have good people working for you and threats and making big 4 sound like the devil are tactics that will not work. Also stop acting confused when people leave. You know why you leave and it doesn’t seem like you care.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Grant Thornton, LLP

Pros – Exposure to various types of engagements, better hours when compare with the Big 4.

Cons – The senior management is interested only in the bottom line, they don't care about the employees. Very limited career growth opportunities.

Current Employee – been working at Grant Thornton, LLP

Pros – - Pay is ok
- Vacation days (PTO) is ok
- Seniors and manager is very helpful when needed
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Cons – - unfairness in pay, workload, promotion
- always making empty promises
- never believe what senior management tells you because it is always the opposite
- they said they will listen but they wont so dont bother telling them the problems

Advice to Senior Management – you have to understand we are the ones that do all your work. We are not disposable asset so please don't us like that.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Grant Thornton, LLP

Pros – Coworkers are great, get to handle a lot as an associate

Cons – overburden the associates with useless tasks, they promote work life balance but somehow hard to achieve, managers are either a hit or miss.

Advice to Senior Management – offer more compensation for the amount of work associates have to take care of

Current Employee – been working at Grant Thornton, LLP

Pros – -good place to start a career (keyword START)
-variety of clients in different industries
-two offices (financial services & commercial) located in NYC

Cons – -clients are mostly previous Big 4 clients unwilling to compromise to get work done
-lack of co-worker enthusiasm
-high turnover/inability to retain top employees
-underpaid
-the better the worker, the more punishment instead of reward
-lack of knowledge found at the manager level and above
-limited training
-hostile working enviroment
-lack of communication throughout levels

Advice to Senior Management – pay more attention to your staff and reward those who are more than qualified to replace current managers. bonuses and pay increases are key to retain these rising stars as well as positive feedback on a consistent basis. underpaid employees compared to other firms working in a hostile enviroment with negaitve or no feedback will continue to leave

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend