RubinBrown reviews

4.1

90% would recommend to a friend

(160 total reviews)

John F. Herber and Steven Harris

90% approve of CEO

88% positive business outlook

RubinBrown has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 160 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The RubinBrown employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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160 reviews
1.0
Jun 27, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good staff relationships and fun people to work with (not for)

Cons

Bad leadership at all levels (one firm concept makes this a pervasive problem at all geographic locations). Never listens only talks Bad compensation, even for top performers, bad benefits as well. Not competitive with the Denver market. Cannot compete, because billings rates are not adjusted to geographic markets. Low realization rates create more pressure and harm the culture. Expectations are generally never clear. Reactive management group (no steady hands at the wheel), very susceptible to panic. Always reinventing the wheel every year with new policies, new templates, new approach every year. No baseline for comparisons.

3.0
Jun 15, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Nice people who are invested in the success of their clients and projects - great teaming and resource sharing across the firm - overall people at the office at open and warm with a lot of effort to having the team feel close

Cons

- staff pay below competitors - very poor infrastructure in place, inadequate and inconsistent training, poor risk management - longer time to promotion due to conservative leadership - very conservative leadership at top from ST Louis who are stuck in old days of people working their entire lives there to make partner, also on an 80s dress code - terrible benefits, below competitors by a good margin, no paid maternity leave. Instead management just abuses their discretionary PTO policies to give themselves paid leave on maternity while all staff and all non-client facing employees only get unpaid leave

2.0
Feb 19, 2018

Conservative, Closed-Minded Leadership Hurts Firm

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Good PTO -Work from home capabilities -Most of the people are friendly and nice to work with

Cons

-Salaries are not competitive -Leadership decisions are made in St. Louis which hurts others offices -There are many people in leadership positions that are not qualified -Very little opportunity for advancement, must wait for years -You won’t get promoted based on work performance (you have to be in the in club and seek out face time with the comp committee members and even then you still might not have a chance) -No maternity or paternity leave -Horrible health insurance -Don’t fully pay for parking -Leadership is closed-minded and conservative and the owners only care about lining their own pockets, so they don’t invest in resources and tools and don’t pay well to keep more money for themselves -They don’t cut the toxic employees - would rather keep these employees than good employees -They are a big company operating like a small business -The decision and approval process is convoluted and moves very slowly -A strict business dress code -Outdated way of thinking, current mindset won’t carry them into the future -If you don’t play the political games you won’t survive here -Leadership has their favorites and they don’t make time for others -Running out of office space for teams to work

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