McGladrey LLP Reviews

Current Employee – been working at McGladrey LLP part-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Professional work environment. Open and willing to work with flexible work arrangements. Provides and encourages secondary/continuing education.

Cons – Sometimes overlooks the little guy.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't forget about the little guys.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at McGladrey LLP

Pros – No micro managing, nice culture, people

Cons – salary can be better and more competitive

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at McGladrey LLP for more than a year

Pros – Good atmosphere, friendly vibe, and good benefits. Not being an accountant made it somewhat difficult to relate to co-workers, but overall my experience was decent. I felt appreciated most of the time.

Cons – Upper management could have been more open about company changes.

Current Employee – been working at McGladrey LLP full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good pay and flexible work environment

Cons – Difficult for women to advance equal to men

Advice to Senior Management – Embrace diversity

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at McGladrey LLP full-time for more than a year

Pros – Colleagues were dedicated, kind and genuine. The culture was conservative, cautious and traditional. Several opportunities for training and development.

Cons – In order to raise profits consultant's bill rates were excessively and frequently increased. This affected employee morale. The ever-increasing unreasonable expectations meant that it became harder and harder to perform well. The rising bill rates often translated to clients either downgrading their projects, or hiring other firms. Hopefully bill rates have become more reasonable since 2009.

Advice to Senior Management – FInd your market niche- does it really matter to be in the big 4? McGladrey has a small town, rural roots feel- why not highlight that as a strategic advantage? McGladrey employees have this same kind of feel, as if many were raised with small town values and moved to the city, but retained those hard-working solid and trust-imbuing values. The clients, even when wealthy, appear to have these traditional values as well. Clients may pick McGladrey because of its people. Why undermine this strategic advantage with imposing exorbitant bill rates? What's wrong with keeping bill rates reasonable and fair? Many McGladrey clients were raised to be conservative with money, and when it appears to them that the fees aren't reasonable or at market level, they may be inclined to take their business elsewhere. Employees try to bridge the gap in their work with clients, but they can only take it so far. High rates work against a potentially strong strategic advantage- it makes the client think twice about expanding their business with McGladrey.

Current Employee – been working at McGladrey LLP full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good corporate culture, very relaxed on time availability and working remotely

Cons – Always restructuring, 1% promotions or raises, skills of support staff/departments are under utilized

Advice to Senior Management – Provide incentives to ALL of your employees to get the best result

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at McGladrey LLP full-time

Pros – Large company with good benefits. Good reputation as a top notch accounting company.

Cons – Anyone without an accounting degree will have limited opportunities for advancement, even though there is a technology consulting division. Very difficult to network because of the size and the separation between divisions.

Advice to Senior Management – Provide a referral bonus to employees that bring in the technology consulting group to current customers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at McGladrey LLP

Pros – people get along, great exposure to the audit process early in your career.

Cons – staff are stretched too thin and management doesn't realize it

Current Employee – been working at McGladrey LLP as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Decent hours
Everyone is down to earth and the partners are great
Very helpful managers
Worklife balance exists
Chicago location is nice
Growing client base

Cons – Pay could be better
Client base is limited to middle market companies. Don't expect to be working with fortune 500 companies.
If you're looking for overtime as an intern, you won't get as much as you'd think

Advice to Senior Management – PAY US MORE!!!! (lol, don't we all want that!)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at McGladrey LLP full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – the people and enviroment, the door is always open. The partners are very apporachable.

Cons – more initivites for woman and a better maternity leave policy

Advice to Senior Management – write engagement reviews at 40hrs

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company