Try to avoid - Audit Assistant RSM Employee Review

1.0
Oct 20, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Training and graduate experience RSM provides is good

Cons

- Main gripe with RSM's audit division is it is filled with foreigners, especially at the manger level, who have poor communication skills and don't respect Australia's work culture (i.e. work/life balance, respect for junior staff). - Audit clients are pretty average (ASX nano caps, local governments) and dealing with them is a nightmare. As a mid-tier, RSM has very little leverage to drop these clients or raise the price on them. You will find yourself powerless and at the complete behest of the client because of this. - There are major differences between managers and expectations they have on staff/approaches to work. - Part of the workforce is remote based in Malaysia and having to work with them as a graduate is a major roadblock to learning. - Numerous instances of unprofessionalism during my time. The firm has grown strongly to get to where it is now, but the professionalism/culture has not kept up.

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5.0
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Pros

Supportive RM team and growing visibility and strategic partnerships with business leaders

Cons

Some high stress situations; minimal recognition

2.0
Jun 24, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- As assurance associate that came over from another public accounting firm, some pros are the ability to work with several different teams. - Hybrid, 2-4 days in office - Learn from senior associates - At my last acct firm never did inventory observations, so got the chance to see what that was like here at RSM

Cons

- Some seniors associates aren’t able to explain or teach which plays a part in your development as a first year associate or intern. I feel first year, intern should be able to leave feedback on senior associates. As if I’m having trouble with a senior who am I supposed to go, due to the hierarchy system they have implemented at RSM. - Can be Clicky & your colleagues will be friends in your face and talk behind you behind your back, I’ve seen it happen to others so I’m pretty sure it happened to me. Houston office can be toxic - Hierarchy system, leave people thinking with senior job titles that they are above you and you can be treated like sh*t - Favortism, you don’t have an equal chance here, because every first year is not put in the same position to succeed. Some first years are able to work closely with partners and the same colleagues but different clients which is where they can have the opportunity to build great relationships while some have to bounce from senior to senior having to learn for each client and adapt to how the senior wants the job done which in turn doesn’t help build relationships. As one can senior want something done such as accounts payable one way then you get to another client and the senior wants accounts payable done another way which makes you look bad in their eyes. Which doesn’t set you up for success at all and can overall lead to a layoff.

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