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Overall, RSM is a good company with excellent benefits and compensation. The flexibility of working hybrid or remote is an added bonus and career advancement is highly encouraged. After being there for several years, my department, however, became increasingly stressful due to a chain reaction of pressure from leadership and it has weighed on me.

I witnessed team members throwing one another under the bus, high turnover, and a number of instances of hypocrisy. And while caregivers are provided with excellent tools and services from RSM, immediate team members without families had little regard for team members with dependents. Ideas and concepts were often highjacked by some hoping to get ahead, and certain team members were docked for asking questions they "should have known" the answer to. On several occasions, I wrongfully obtained the highest workload with often indecisive stakeholders with zero recognition for the work that was produced but an enormous spotlight on opportunities for improvement. 

 In recent years, the organization FINALLY took action in responding to the needs and concerns of certain under-represented employees (who were not afraid to verbalize the issues) which is to be applauded. Let it be recommended that some team members could benefit from receiving additional implicit biased training.

Despite some of my negative comments, I still believe RSM is a good company for which to work and my plan was to remain there until retirement. No job will be perfect, but I hope that certain departments improve how they restructure their pillars and management in order to make it a better working environment for all. My recommendation to employees is to document every incident that you feel was unfair or ignored by leadership. Ensure that it is brought to the attention of HR. Take advantage of learning opportunities and training resources that will assist in your career. Above all, know your worth, do not be afraid to express yourself, and take care of your mental and physical health.

•	Extracted FDIC Commercial Loan documents that was scanned and saved  in pdf and tif format under various Receivership folders, then  indexed the loan documents for the IntraLinks System for Investor review for upcoming FDIC Commercial Loan  Sale.  
•	Review of pay histories which included computing the number of times each Commercial Loan in the pool that had late pays over 30, 60 or 90 days during the past twelve months.
•	Tasked to RSM McGladrey’s  Chicago office  for FDIC Commercial Due Diligence Project  on  01/03/2011.
•	Performed all aspects of credit and appraisal analysis with heavy emphasis on manual underwriting of difficult/complex loans.  Ensure compliance with appropriate purchasing investor underwriting guidelines/standards.
•	Responsible for quality control audits and fraud prevention.
•	Reviewed BPO’s, AVM’s and Field Reviews and performed second level reviews on loans.
•	Negotiated with former bank customers on compromises, short sales, deed in lieu, modifications and extensions by following FDIC policy and writing “cases” for approval.
•	100% of cases presented to the FDIC were approved.
•	Tasked with moving from the Single Family Residential Real Estate Area upon completion of assisting and working with former bank customers with their existing mortgages and Underwriting all outstanding Mortgage Loan Applications to the Loan Operations Division 
•	Performed the functions necessary to provide the FDIC pertinent data from proprietary systems (PV, FACTS and Case Tracking – RAC Project).
•	Trained RAC personnel on completing a case in FACTS (FDIC Automated Corporate Tracking System).  Also,  trained Former Bank Employees and RAC Personnel on how to process Payment Vouchers.  Conducted three (3) training classes for processing Payment Vouchers.
•	Created a Case Tracking and Payment Voucher Spreadsheet Log needed to provide current status of all Cases and Payment Vouchers.  Composed “procedure guidelines” for FACTS, Case Tracking and Payment Voucher processing.

During that time, I was unemployed and applied for a full-time regular position as a Consultant. At the job description, it mentions a full-time regular employee with multiple benefits, qualifications, and responsibilities. A few days later, I received a message and were interested to have an interview with me. During the interview until the last day I finished working at this company, there were a lot major red flags and I chose to ignore it because I wanted to gain experience. Red flags include:
1. The interviewer was unprepared and he didn't read my resume.
2. The interviewer tells me that this is a contract position when the job ad displays that it is a full time regular position.
3. The other interview asked me about my age and questions not relevant to the position at all. 
4. Throughout the time, my coworkers interrupted me during the weekends with short notice.
5. Coworkers were blaming me for their mistakes.
6. Treated me so bad.
7. A lot of micromanagement.
8. Coworkers had a nasty attitude.
9. They did not fulfill what the contract stipulated. When I defend my case, management were angry at me.
10. Liars! They told me that the reason that my contract ended sooner is because they already complied with their needs. It was a complete lie because they hire another person for the team not as a contractor, as a full-time regular employee. 
11. Favoritism 
12. Toxic workplace
13. Management were bragging constantly about their accomplishments to the clients. 

Even though, I learned a lot what I did there, it was a shame that this was a toxic environment. 



Don't be a "yes" man because if you give them an inch, they WILL take a mile. Dept. Managers will act like your boss even though they're not, and if you don't do something satisfactorily, they will definitely report you to higher management, even if what they want you to do is out the of the scope of your position. Dept. Managers have an exceptionally inflated ego and entitled attitude when they're just one rung above you on the corporate ladder. 

if you do what you're asked, they're ungrateful. If you go above and beyond, then they might say "thanks." 

Most job advancements are lateral and just means you're adding more responsibilities on top of your previous position (you WILL become the jack of all trades because they will still make you do your old position's duties). 

Last minute requests are the norm and you MUST take care of them immediately, otherwise you'll get a complaint. No actual breaks unless you leave the office for your lunch/two 15 minute breaks, and even then, you'll come back to emails asking where you went and that there are urgent requests waiting.

You will NEVER get a 5/5 performance rating because the Dept. Managers only stay on top by keeping their underlings down. 

That being said, if you can suck it up, the pay is decent and you do get pretty good benefits. Make sure you document all the extra "favors" you do for other departments and use that as a bargaining chip for a better raise.

What stuck out to me is how negative some of the workers are. As an intern, I came in expecting most of the employees there to like their job and to be positive in a stressful environment. I was wrong. I experienced lots of gossip, people complaining about their pay, and negativity about certain work assignments. There are some great workers there, but unfortunately  there also just as many bad ones.  RSM seems like it was a good firm when it was Cole and Reed, but ever since the change to RSM a lot of the workers seem bitter.  Lastly, when it came down to offers for interns, recruiting told us that they would contact us after our internship ended. A month passed by and some of the  interns got a call from recruiting saying they got offers. So I reached out to recruiting, the same day and they told me I didn't get an offer. I thought it was messed up that I had to be the one to reach out to recruiting to hear if I got a response or not. I also think it was messed up, because I waited a month thinking I was getting an offer and wasn't going to hear from them unless I had contacted them. Most internships let their interns know if they got offers at the end of their internship. This is definitely something RSM has to fix. There are good workers there, but in a way I'm glad I didn't get an offer, mostly because of the environment!! One thing I will say though is that RSM tries to incorporate a better work life balance than most firms.

•	Client industries: Not-for-Profit, A-133, Healthcare, ESOP, 401(k) and 403(b) Employee Benefit Plans, Real Estate, and Commercial.
	Running audit, review, and agreed upon procedures engagements under GAAP and GAS from planning to wrap up which included detail review of the lower level staffs work product.
	Generating and issuing consolidated and combined financial statements under GAAP, GAS, and OMB Circular A133 standards.
	Managing teams of up to six auditors and tax preparers.
	Drafting high-level accounting and tax memos under ASC Topics- 360, 740, 805, 810, 815, 820, 840, and 976.
	Auditing and accounting for pledge and contributions receivables with and without time and or donor restrictions.
	Auditing purchase price allocations and tested goodwill valuation analysis under ASC Topic- 360.
	Auditing level 1 and 3 alternative investments in accordance with ASC Topic 820.
	Assisting clients in preparing the Schedule of Expenditures based upon the federal award and grant contract (SEFA).
	Auditing SEFA based on the compliance requirements of OMB Circular A133.
	Coordinating 990/990T, LLC, S-Corp, and C-Corp tax return preparation and prepared of accrual to cash basis conversions.
	Mentoring staff and assisted human resources with staffing policies, procedures, and evaluations.
	Maintaining engagement budgets, generation and collection of client billings.

A typical day at work depends on your position, but from my experience as a facilities coordinator, the typical day is fast paced, somewhat stressful, but not overwhelmingly so, and full of email, phone, instant message and face-to-face interaction on a wide variety of duties.
I learned how to better manage my time, how to have more tactful interactions during stressful, difficult and time-sensitive projects.
Management is mostly good, in that they are invested in your growth within the company, however response time for emails was slow and often involved me having to repeat previously written messages. Also, some management personnel could have benefited from the same emotional intelligence online learning courses that were recommended to me.
Workplace culture is standard for an office, although jeans are now permitted everyday as long as you do not have to meet with clients. More importantly, there is huge emphasis on honest, timely and constructive feedback.
The hardest part of being an administrative professional is having to do the tedious, inconvenient aspects of office work that no one else has time to do.
The most enjoyable part of the job are the community outreach opportunities and on-boarding new hires.

I was responsible for providing advanced level accounting and finance support  to  various departments This included the preparation of forecast, financial reports, reconciliations and financial analysis as well as supervision of the Accounts Payable functions for the local office and local office Finance Lead person. 
 
I had a great hands on learning experience.  The management and workplace culture was very unique and created a happy, interactive and respectful environment that promoted excellence.  The hardest part of the job was to ensure that I continuously find ways to raise the level of customer service in my timely and efficient responses to the increased volume of requests and inquires.

The most enjoyable and rewarding part of my job was being able to effectively respond to and fulfill the requirements of my position while providing excellent internal client and vendor services to all.  

I would strongly recommend this company as one of the best places to work.

Typical day as a Generalist was morning meetings with the HR team.  Gauging what needed to be handled quickly and what had been put on a back burner as it was lacking more information.  This could range from orientations, to specialized  training sessions for each employee on the new programs used to maximize performance feedback.  Also compliance meetings, scheduling over 760 employees to sit in on respectful workplace trainings.  Putting out fires within departments anything from health issues to management disruptions within teams.  I found the work rewarding and came to be a trusted component to many of the employees there.  We worked hard to build a great workplace culture by implementing activities during busy season and spread some of these out during the summer months as well.  The hardest part was seeing some people leave the firm as I had been there for 12 years, but knowing they needed to do what was right for there families.  The most enjoyable part was interacting with the staff and building strong relationships with people on a daily basis.

A typical day at work: I worked in tax, so a typical day might be coming in, checking in your schedule to see what engagements you are scheduled for, completing a time reconciliation for the past week, checking your email for any updates, open up Caseware, open up the Engagement folder, maybe you are completing the standard workpapers, maybe updating for Tax Journal Entries, mostly following the same process as last year's work
What you learned: You will learn how to use the tax prep software, some basic and more complicated tax rules, and what to look for in the forms to complete them correctly
Management: Management is young, and they promote from within, so tend to have "grown up" there. Some have people skills, most do not.
Workplace culture: Busy season tend to have zero regard for employee wellbeing or burnout. Rest of the year tends to be pleasant. But the best events and camaraderie are during busy season.
Hardest Part of the Job: Giving up your life to work there, no privacy
The Most Enjoyable Part of the Job: Checking off a list, done, done, and done. Passing it off for review knowing it's nearly perfect.

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