Grant Thornton
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    73%
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    Work/Life balance
    2.8(56 ratings)
    Career development
    3.9(56 ratings)
    Benefits & perks
    3.2(56 ratings)
    Management
    3.2(56 ratings)
    Working environment
    3.4(56 ratings)
    Diversity & equal opportunity
    3.0(7 ratings)
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    4.0
    Audit Intern
    Mar 2026
    Kuala Lumpur City Centre Kuala LumpurLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Can gain a lot knowledge from here
    The good thingsThe Environment is good and healthy
    The challengesNeed to be fast learners
    1.0
    Senior Audit Associate
    Nov 2025
    Kuala Lumpur City Centre Kuala Lumpur2 to 3 years in the role, current employee
    Don't come to this toxic rabbit hole, especially O group
    The good thingsPay is market rate and always on time, but the learning curve is tough. You rely on last year’s files, managers give little to no guidance, and they open tons of RNs later, causing trial-and-error and wasted time. By the time you fix old mistakes, new files comes in and everything just snowballs.
    The challengesOT till night/midnight including weekends is a norm in here, no work life balance at all, even outfield has to back office to rush for deadlines. Nepotism and favorism everywhere, see who makes managers happy, those will rise rank much faster, but be prepared to treat company as your 2nd home, your own home will be just a place to sleep.
    5.0
    Senior Associate
    Aug 2025
    Kuala Lumpur City Centre Kuala LumpurLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    overall good experience and good to explore
    The good thingsgain different exposure, like collaborative culture and environment.
    The challengesso far everything ok
    4.0
    Audit Associate
    Aug 2025
    Kuala Lumpur City Centre Kuala Lumpur1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    fruitful and eye opening
    The good thingsexposed to different types of industries, friendly seniors who are willing to guide
    The challengeshuge workload with tight deadlines
    1.0
    Senior tax Associate
    Apr 2025
    Johor Bahru Johor3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Disrespectful and Controlling Leadership Style
    The good thingsOnly nice pantry I think? But HR won't let you hanging around also
    The challengesToxic and demoralizing work environment under a narrow-minded HOD, Principal and HR. Constant micromanagement, lack of respect to staff and personal attacks on confidence created a mentally exhausting atmosphere. Little focus on actual work or growth—only control and criticism.
    4 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Senior Associate
    Feb 2025
    Penang Island Penang1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Good for fresh graduate to learn until senior roles
    The good thingsGood learning curve to learn. Good partner willing to teach.
    The challenges-Toxic culture - Partners love to draw big biscuit - Low paid and poor benefits
    3 people found this helpful
    2.0
    Audit & Assurance Trainee
    Jul 2024
    Penang Island PenangLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    not bad but not good
    The good thingsgained practical experience in audit
    The challengesno laptop provided for interns, long working hours, seniors and managers expect us to do everything perfectly.
    3 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Audit Role Intern
    Mar 2024
    Chow Kit Kuala LumpurLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    - Good experience
    The good things-an opportunity for growth and self-development is available.
    The challenges- heavy workload with tight deadlines
    5.0
    Director
    May 2023
    Kuala Lumpur7 to 8 years in the role, current employee
    Super and highly recommended
    The good thingsSupport management and friendly colleagues. Great benefit
    The challengesRemember staff name, typical issue in an accounting firm, as always.
    4.0
    AudIT junior
    Mar 2023
    Kuala LumpurLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Great place to learn and develop.
    The good thingsFor Muslims, friday prayers are given ample time, other than that, they have a coffee machine (free if im not mistaken), and good working environment.
    The challengesWorking space is very cramped, and there is a limited amount of printers to be used on 1 floor.
    1 person found this helpful
    2.0
    Audit Associate
    Jun 2022
    Kuala LumpurLess than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Friendly colleagues but bad management
    The good thingsSalary average higher.
    The challengesDon’t have management communication. Planning and arrangement terrible, no work life balance.
    1 person found this helpful
    2.0
    Senior auditor
    Oct 2021
    Kuala Lumpur3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    A good stepping stone on career. No life at all.
    The good thingsA good pathway to learn and grow. Able to involve in listed co audit and IPO.
    The challengesNo life at all, everyday OT until midnight, have to work on weekends and even public holiday. Some of the managers do not appreciate on your hard work.
    2 people found this helpful
    3.0
    Senior Audit Associate
    Aug 2021
    3 to 4 years in the role, current employee
    Good for career growth
    The good thingsGood career growth as you get to involve in PLC audit. Most of the colleagues are friendly and helpful.
    The challengesCrazy workload. Management are so political. Managers not helpful, they even takes all the credits.
    3 people found this helpful
    5.0
    Auditor trainee
    Aug 2021
    Kuala LumpurLess than 1 year in the role, current employee
    Busy work life as an audit intern but I learnt a lot from this experience
    The good thingsInterns would learn a lot from the work experience here. I would recommend any fresh graduates to work here.
    The challengesAudit interns have a lot of responsibility to support other staff members. Balance work-life and juggling an array of different responsibilities at the same time.
    5.0
    Audit associate
    Apr 2021
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Great to work with the Firm
    The good thingslearning a lot of thing and new task for each assignment and worked with different industry clients.
    The challengesNeed to catch up latest accounting regulations
    2 people found this helpful
    4.0
    Audit Associate
    Feb 2021
    Penang1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    The colleagues are nice
    The good thingsGreat opportunity to involve with diverse companies
    The challengesTight deadline, no work life balance
    1 person found this helpful
    4.0
    Tax senior executive
    Feb 2021
    Kuala Lumpur3 to 4 years in the role, former employee
    A great learning platform
    The good thingsThis is a good place to gain experience at your own pace. Learning curve is undeniably steep, but the superiors will be there to give hands-on guidance, and not merely learning through seniors. You just have to learn fast and be initiative. I love this place, everyone is close knitted just like a family, even our Senior Executive Director could hang out and chill with us during lunch time.
    The challengesNot much training will be provided by the firm, at least not from an external source. Occasionally we will have internal training or sharing sessions, but it will not be enough if you want to achieve a higher accomplishment. Either you learn on your own, do your own research, study on your own, otherwise the internal trainings will not be enough.
    1 person found this helpful
    2.0
    Manager
    Jan 2021
    Kuala Lumpur5 to 6 years in the role, former employee
    Old school mentality
    The good thingsConsistent increment and bonus
    The challengesBad HR who doesnt know the real meaning of HR. No proper training and development whatsoever.
    2.0
    auditor
    Aug 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    stressful and fast pace environment
    The good thingsgood stepping stone and learning curve
    The challengesanswer to a few bosses at the same time
    1 person found this helpful
    5.0
    Senior audIT associate
    Aug 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Learning opportunities
    The good thingsAble to get involve with PLCs audit and major assignments. Gain better knowledge from different industries
    The challengesshort break sometimes is challenging
    5.0
    Junior auditor
    Jul 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Supportive and friendly colleagues
    The good thingsSeniors are very helpful and are very supportive.
    The challengesLong working hours and puts your book knowledge to a test.
    5.0
    AudIT semi senior
    Jul 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Dynamic Company to learn more
    The good thingsOpportunities to develop audit skills
    The challengesBusy season hours. Usual for the industry
    5.0
    AudIT associate
    Jul 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role, former employee
    Really glad I joined GTM
    The good thingsbuilt rapport with the team
    The challengesNone, I am grateful and proud to be here.
    5.0
    Auditor trainee
    Jul 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    Golden Opportunity & Valuable Experience
    The good thingsI involved into a lot of engagement with the clients. Throughout these engagements, I learned new things and different companies, got different things could be learned, so I got a lot of valuable experiences. Therefore, by having this opportunity, it made me become more experience in assist the audit team to complete the audit process.
    The challengesThere are many challenges I faced during I worked, for example, sometimes problem that new to me then, I did not know how to solve. With the help from the handy co-worker and manager, they taught me how to solve the problem. So it ease my job and daily activities.
    3.0
    Audit Associate
    May 2020
    1 to 2 years in the role, current employee
    Cheap labor audit firm
    The good things1. Employees are qualified hence learning curve is good.
    The challenges1. Average pay, hardly can claim for transportation/tolls to client's and OT. 2. Hospital benefits are entitled for Associate 2 and above. 3. Minimum 1.5 years to get promoted. 4. Poor English command. 5. Management are very political. 6. Office are cramped. 7. For normal Associate, bonus are usually only 1 month.
    3 people found this helpful
    3.0
    AudIT associate
    Apr 2020
    Less than 1 year in the role, current employee
    No Work Life Balances
    The good thingsManage to audit different companies and learned more about auditing.
    The challengesManagement expects us to finish most files within 2 days. Even if you do OT, there is no allowance given. 2hours of OT = 2 hours of leave
    5.0
    AudIT associate
    Dec 2019
    Less than 1 year in the role, former employee
    A place to growth
    The good thingsThey entertain interns as permanent workers. They divide the working paper fairly and they teach you everything. There will be no official training provided for the intern. However, they will teach you during the fieldwork directly.
    The challengesSometimes 1 engagement they only sent two auditors. which means only you (interns) with another one senior. This means you really need to be proactive, fast learning and have own initiative to learn on your own. The client that you audit also expects you as a permanent worker. So, make sure you must acknowledge everything before you questioned your client. Last. as an intern, you must try to work like a professional (permanent).
    4.0
    Assistant audIT manager
    Sep 2019
    Great
    The good thingsGreat purpose and global network
    The challengesTime management and managing client expectation
    5.0
    AudIT semi senior
    Sep 2019
    Great
    The good thingsThis is a top 10 accounting firm, we may learn a lot of things and exposed to different industries instead of just focusing on one. The location of the Company is strategic as LRT station is nearby.
    The challengesChallenging and fast pace working environment. High expectation to be excellent.
    5.0
    AudIT junior
    Sep 2019
    A place to study and learn accounting practice
    The good thingsGood team work with proper training and study support
    The challengestight schedule for multiple tasks
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