Mini poll - Best firm among Tier 2: (also would be lovely to know why)

💜 - GT
❤️ - BDO
💚 - RSM

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I’m excited to see people who don’t work at these firms to give their opinions.

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In before someone at KPMG comments about the list and then someone replies to that comment saying “isn’t KPMG a tier 2 firm?”

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KPMG is the lil brother of the B4. It’s friendly banter at the end of the day

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Where is KPMG?

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Grant Thornton! My coworkers are like family to me.

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RSM

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I like RSM

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❤️ I’ve been with a big 4 and with BDO. All firms have their issues and all staff have their criticisms. but BDO is a firm that I feel like is small enough where leadership listens to concerns but is big enough to have the resources to do something about it

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RSM moving toward a larger firm feel so more bureaucracy compared to years ago. Definitely not a Big4 feel but it is gravitating toward that direction. Probably similar to KPMG.

Based on my perception, that I have absolutely no data or facts to back up:
1. GT
2. BDO
3. RSM

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You asked for his ranking bro you got it

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I went to a top 50 university .. never heard of RCM .. I was close to going to GT because of the people. To me it’s Deloitte , pwc , ey, kpmg, gt, baker tilly then bdo

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When I went through recruiting, RSM always told me they were really still McGladrey

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Where’s Dixon Hughes on this list

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DHG is not tier 2. More so Tier 3

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💙KPMG

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Crowe

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The work here feels like a race to the bottom for fees, leaving you working in too many audits at once with no time to really think abour audit quality.

RSM

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Anyone but GT

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Yikes, why?

In my market, GT, BDO, RSM

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Why is bdo so low?

Based on Revenue the list is #5BDO, #6 RSM and #7 Grant Thornton. Only reason why BDO is higher is because acquisition. Based on Prestige (not like it matters because they are not B4) #5GT #6BDO #7RSM.

I was talking overall but to answer PO question. It really depends in your location.

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