Business Advisory Services and Assurance - Experienced Associate Grant Thornton Employee Review

Age discrimination. I wasn't asked to leave, but I was told on three separate occasions that I didn't fit the image of a traditional new associate. Because of my age (38), I wasn't considered to be on a "partner track"...so, my future at Grant Thornton was in question. As a result, I wasn't given the traditional training all new associates receive until I was at the company for almost an entire year. So...for the first year, I had to learn their audit method and internal software suite on my own. They didn't send me to training till I gave them examples of interns receiving the training I was promised...completing their internships...graduating...returning to the company as new hires, and receiving the same training a second time..all before I received it once. After every client engagement, associates receive a performance review. I was never dinged on a performance review...not once for anything other than I needed to get out to more client engagements. It was difficult to get out on engagements, because many partners and senior managers wouldn't work with me. I would be scheduled but get knocked off of engagements at the last minute. I decided to quit...and on my way out...one of the partners (handlers) apologized because I clearly hadn't received what they called the "Grant Thornton Experience." Oh...I also had some of the highest client survey scores in the office and was given an award for it. I am also a veteran of the World's Greatest Air Force. My career has never recovered. Sad.