Client first, Employee Last - Senior Associate RSM Employee Review

1.0
Dec 12, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Learning opportunity and providing you with a job

Cons

It is funny to know that the first thing when joining the firm that they teach you is that the client is your paymaster. Unfortunately everything they do says that too. Employees are nothing to the firm and can be seen from the crappy remuneration packages which is laughable. Tin of plain Kong guan biscuit for employee while packet drinks in fridge are for clients. Flexi attire strictly for Friday cause traditional management don't want client to see staff in "informal attires". Management explain we cant have microwave because client can smell our food hence we look unprofessional. When employees want to leave, they will find all ways physically and emotionally to refrain you from doing so. Who are we retaining client or employees. Everything the company does proves that they do not care about you nor your growth. It is also funny to see that they have rolled out a retention strategy called the "grow program" that does not involve increasing remuneration at all. All it does it teach you some online course soft-skill to listen to your client make them happy and help the firm make more money again. The current economy will bring out more ugly in the firm as seen.

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Cons

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2.0
May 11, 2026
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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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