laid-off - Anonymous employee Grant Thornton Employee Review

1.0
Oct 19, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great benefits. Cheap sodas in the soda machine (at least in 2013).

Cons

I was laid off after working with the company for 7 months. Others in my department that were laid off worked for GT for 10 years and another for 1 month (I'd guess they laid off 30% of the company). The whole experience caused me to question the integrity of this company. I felt as though I was set up to fail. I had several other job offers when I took the position at GT and I regret deeply taking the position with GT.

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