Great place to begin a career - Anonymous employee Grant Thornton Employee Review

3.0
11 May 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Excellent training opportunities, great work/life balance program, friendly work environment, base salary is about fair market, medical benefits and PTO are decent, recent grads allowed to do more "hands on work" sooner

Cons

PTO on an accrual basis so it's only available as you earn it and not replenished yearly, performance review process does not adequately seperate the true top performers, busy season is very hard on work/life balance, bonuses are below market avg

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