Bait n switch - Senior Associate - Business Advisory Services Grant Thornton Employee Review

3.0
17 Aug 2013
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Pros

You'll likely meet some good friends..

Cons

You get hired for forensics and they rarely have any forensic engagements. Most of your time is doing normal advisory services engagements. Then when one pops up, you have to be in the "clique" to get staffed on the good ones. The partners whole goal are to find long term projects to throw as many people on as possible (that are never forensic) and then they don't have to work hard at getting business. Basically the business advisory services engagements department carries the forensic department.

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