Big four culture makes partner hires unattractive: RSM chief executive

Big four culture makes partner hires unattractive: RSM chief executive

The mid-tier firm prefers to develop its own leaders over hiring from the big four consulting firms – unless those recruits can prove they are team players.

RSM CEO Says They Don't Poach Big 4 Partners Because Big 4 Partners Are Too Brainwashed By Bad Culture

The headline may sound like a joke but that’s basically what departing RSM Australia CEO Jamie O’Rourke told Australian Financial Review in an interview: Mid-tier accounting firm RSM Australia will not join its rivals in picking off partners from the struggling big four firms as it believes the competitive workplace culture fostered at the top four could damage its carefully curated ethos. [Emphasis ours] O’Rourke said the firm’s focus on measu…