Pros
- Some very bright colleagues – *notably, all ex-Big 4, none "homegrown"* –and genuinely good people trying their best despite systemic issues - RSM brand name on resume (though calling it a "brand" is charitable — when in interviews, recruiters treat it as a regrettable pit stop after "real jobs" at Big 4 firms – which is unfortunately very accurate)
Cons
- Zero job security – even with your name in writing on next FY business plans and positive working relationships with partners -Absolutely shameless disconnect between leadership messaging and actions (e.g., bragging about near double-digit growth in a subpractice on Thursday, then laying off employees in that same subpractice on Monday) -Culture that rewards mediocrity over competence – which is particularly alarming, given the low barrier to entry already ensures a far less competitive talent pool -No warning system for RIFs - you can literally be staffed and cut the same day. A Partner and MD asked me to take on new work, and asked my future availability to speak on an internal panel on the same morning I was RIF'd. I wish I were joking.