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Manager (Current Employee) - Ireland - 11 November 2022
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The most useful review selected by IndeedNot do much pressure at work. Management is considerate. Agreement is set so you can manage your expectations in the coming weeks. Has gym. Payday breakfast. Friendly colleagues.
Pros
Gym
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Administrative Assistant (Former Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 6 October 2022
Hard to progress and those that do, don't deserve it, honestly. New people to the company carry over what they did in their previous job and its not how it works in GT. Its it's own system that you've to learn and bringing in people who are not familiar with UK or ROI statutory requirements is ridiculous. Senior management treat you as though every piece of work could be your last or like someone's life depends on it. You could be in GT years and those that have experience elsewhere think they are superior to you in every way. Communication is horrendous at every level there is. Do not apply for this place if you don't have an accountancy background, you will struggle. Keep your options open for other places, you'll see the shambles of a 'structure' it truly is.
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Cliquish and unfriendly work environment
Administrator (Current Employee) - Dublin 2 - 31 May 2022
Highly pervasive attitude of disrespect towards administrative staff among the middle and lower levels of accounting staff: unreasonable demands, scapegoating and open hostility get more and more common the further down the ladder you go.
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Horrible
Administrator (Current Employee) - Dublin, County Dublin - 27 May 2022
Employees are overworked High turnover rate Some senior management extremely rude and dismissive Proper training not provided Low salary in comparison to market rate No work life balance
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Excellent opportunities
Audit Senior (Former Employee) - Dublin City Centre, County Dublin - 11 March 2022
Worked in their Dublin office for 4 years and found it a very good place to work. Great atmosphere amongst co-workers and a good mix of experience and enthusiasm amongst the team. Great long term opportunities.
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Productive work place but could be more fun
Associate Director (Former Employee) - Dublin - 10 March 2021
This is a good place to work and to have a work experience. There are exceptional leaders in this organization and people getting promoted are very talented. Indeed, you are learning a lot, getting good exposure to certain industries and gathering fantastic experience. But it can become repetitive after some time. If you don't make it to senior level, I feel you will get a better work/life balance and a better pay in the industry.
Pros
Beautiful building, work location in city centre and facilities (Canteen, Gym and work stations)
Cons
Hard to progress
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Poor management and culture
Senior Associate (Former Employee) - Dublin - 18 February 2021
Little to no support from management. Advancement is very unfair and men seem to be advanced a lot more often than women. Little opportunity to work across teams or gain other types of work experience. HR were terrible at handing any issues and were very insensitive. People lower on the hierarchy were not respected or treated like human beings. Work-life balance and mental heath was not taken seriously at all. Toxic culture and workplace environment. I did have some class co-workers and peers though who made the workplace a little better but unless you are director or partner level I would highly recommend staying away from this place.
Pros
Nice co-workers lots of younger employees
Cons
Too many to count
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False Advertising
Audit and Assurance Administrator (Former Employee) - Dublin - 10 November 2020
Said there would be full training provided, there was only a small amount of training that didn't cover everything even the most technical complex parts of the job, plus little to no documentation provided in order for you to learn, and completely ignore your request for proper further mentoring when being vocal about it. Plus rude colleagues and management. Only good thing anout it was the salary, but not worth it otherwise.
Pros
Nice building, handy location, good salary
Cons
No full proper traning given, rude co-workers/management
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Official response from Grant Thornton
6 January 2021Thank you for sharing your feedback. We are disappointed to hear that this was your experience at Grant Thornton. We aim to provide the best experience for our people and provide continuous opportunities to learn and grow. We are grateful for your feedback because it allows us to make Grant Thornton an even better place to work.
Big talk, little walk
Consultant (Former Employee) - Ireland - 13 October 2020
A lot of strategic waffle but little evidence of it. The right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing. Going down the path of all other consultancies with utilisation. Take the promises of the cool work you'll be doing with a pinch of salt. HR is hopeless, absolutely hopeless. You better be highly skilled going in as you're on your own. Coaching culture? Pah! Nice cafe though.
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6 January 2021Thank you for sharing your feedback about your experience at Grant Thornton. We are disappointed to hear that this was your experience. We value your opinion and will use this feedback to consider how we make Grant Thornton an even better place to work.
Worst Place to work in
Administrator (Former Employee) - Dublin - 8 September 2020
Poor place to work in all bunch of snobby c*nt's.I learnt feck all. The culture of the work place needs to improve. Grant Thornton were much more careless with the way they handle things.
Pros
Feck Alll
Cons
Everything
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Good training firm
Semi senior accountant (Current Employee) - Ireland - 7 June 2020
Great training firm
You can get good exposure to different accounting areas across the firm
International environment
Great study leave and training support
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Vulture enablers
Plant Consultant (Former Employee) - Cork - 17 November 2019
Just chase their fees. No compassion nor understanding of the stress the financial recession placed on people. Full of young pups chasing credit. Not my type of company but synonomous of modern financial companies
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Some wonderful people & also a small number of clueless people
People are mostly professional and diligent. Partners are great, but too disconnected from different levels. Allows some clueless people to screen & filter information going up to partners. Messages get misinterpreted, content gets diluted and opportunities are lost. Shame really, as partners are quite sharp, but make strange decisions based on poor interpretation of information by some of the ADs/D's who just don't understand content. Reluctantly left as unable to make a meaningful impact.
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Worst place ever worked i
Financial Associate (Current Employee) - Cork - 25 September 2019
Manager was a bully from my first day there
Long hours
Heavy workload
Horrible environment wouldn't recommend to any one
So glad not to be working there
Pros
Good perks
Cons
Terrible enviroment long hours
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Great working environment
Banking Administrator (Former Employee) - IE - 24 September 2019
loads of benefits
amazing working place
possibility to grow inside the company
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Strong Consultancy environment
Finance Consultant (Former Employee) - Dublin - 5 September 2019
Thoroughly recommend this firm where most areas of business consultancy are catered for. Many diverse clientele guaranteed to give you strong exposure to various business types.
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Productive and collaborative workplace
Internship program in Audit and Pensions (Former Employee) - Dublin - 3 September 2019
As part of the Audit and Assurance team, I got to grips with a wide range of industries, from financial services, aviation, hospitality to not-for-profit. I got the chance to work off-site and gained essential operational skills, as well as getting to know the client inside-out.
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Wouldn't Recommend
Senior Consultant Financial Services Advisory (Current Employee) - Dublin - 12 June 2019
I was advised i would be consulting a client on the client site, work on a project from conception to delivery & would be made permanent after 12 months.
All of this was in fact a lie.
No support from management.
No support from Grant Thornton HQ.
25 people have left within the past month.
There is no work culture.
Pros
No pros
Cons
too many to list.
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Nice atmosphere
Manager Financial Services Advisory (Current Employee) - Dublin - 16 April 2019
In general there is a nice atmosphere. The management is really trying to create a great place to work and the new building is amazing with great facilities
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Overworked and underappreciated
Audit Senior (Former Employee) - Galway - 10 March 2019
Pros:
Competitive Salary
Study leave/Exam support
Cons:
Poor team management
Work is not evenly spread out.
Lack of recognition
Poor work/life balance
Long hours throughout the year not just during busy season
Poor people management skills at PDM level.
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Productive workplace, dull atmosphere.
Operations Analyst (Current Employee) - Dublin - 2 March 2019
I accepted the job here on the basis that good advancement prospects were offered in the interview. None of that has materialized.
Cliquey firm to say the least.
Pros
Great facilities
Cons
Atmosphere isn't the best.
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