Pros
A lot of free time during the summer months as the firm has a hard time winning enough work to allocate in the summer.
Cons
All of the partners at RSM (previously Mcgladrey) in the northwest market were from a local firm that RSM bought out when they were trying to get presence in the area. Though expanding the RSM brand in the area, it’s still managed with poor leadership from that previous local firm. Several articles on Glassdoor and LinkedIn highlight traits of what bad management is and it’s very present here (terrible learning environment, stuck to their own ways and not open to other perspectives, a “blame employee” culture). All of this has led to poor relationships with clients, bad morale, and inability to get client work in the area. Amongst all of the firms that have a global brand, I believe RSM clearly has the lowest presence in the northwest market. Until the firm brings in partners from the Midwest where they had a lot of success or partners that are from bigger markets that know how to run a global company, I can’t see how they will improve. A response that some of the employees who have been there long and HR will say, it’s not about the clients you have. Well it really is. It shows the demand for your services and ability to be a great client work. The brand has a lot of potential, but there is still several key things internally it needs to fix in order to deliver great service.