News release

RSM Named One of the 2020 Best Workplaces in Chicago by Great Place to Work®

May 26, 2020

Kimberly Bartok, Enterprise Public Relations Leader, kim.bartok@rsmus.com, 212.372.1239
Andreia DeVries, Enterprise Public Relations Manager, andreia.devries@rsmus.com, 919.645.6821
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RSM Named One of the 2020 Best Workplaces in Chicago by Great Place to Work®

CHICAGO – (May 26, 2020) – Great Place to Work has honored RSM US LLP (“RSM”) – the nation’s leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market – as one of the 2020 Best Workplaces in Chicago, one of the nation’s most competitive marketplaces. 

The ranking considered more than 27,000 responses from Chicago-area employees. Great Place to Work, a global people analytics and consulting firm, evaluated more than 60 elements of team members’ experience on the job. These included the extent to which employees trust leaders, the respect with which people are treated, the fairness of workplace decisions, and how much camaraderie there is among the team. Rankings are based on employees’ feedback, and reward companies that best include all employees, no matter who they are or what they do for the organization.

“We are honored to have RSM recognized by our people for creating one of the best workplaces in the Chicago area,” said John Bird, Chicago market leader with RSM US LLP. “Having 90% of our people  say that RSM is a great place to work, compared to 59% of employees at typical U.S.-based companies, is quite humbling, and speaks volumes for the inclusive workplace we have created together.”

“Best workplaces like RSM have built powerful foundations of trust and human connection to help carry their organizations through stressful and uncertain times,” said Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. “This gives companies on this list a powerful opportunity not just to do well for their people, but to do well for their businesses and for Chicago.”

The Best Workplaces in Chicago is one of a series of rankings by Great Place to Work and Fortune, based on employee feedback from Great Place to Work-Certified™ organizations. RSM was also ranked as a Best Workplace in Consulting and Professional Services in April 2020, and a Best Workplace for Diversity in December 2019.

For additional details on RSM awards and recognitions, visit our website

About the Best Workplaces in Chicago

Great Place to Work based its ranking on a data-driven methodology applied to anonymous Trust Index™ survey responses from over 27,000 employees at Great Place to Work-Certified organizations in the Chicago Metropolitan Statistical Area.  This ranking was finalized prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and does not reflect companies’ roles or responses to their people or communities in addressing the impact of the coronavirus.  To learn more about Great Place to Work Certification and recognition on Best Workplaces lists, visit Greatplacetowork.com.

About Great Place to Work

Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. They help organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience for all employees. Emprising®, their culture management platform, empowers leaders with the surveys, real-time reporting, and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. They use their unparalleled benchmark data to recognize Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies and the Best Workplaces™ in the US and more than 60 countries, including the 100 Best Companies to Work For® list published annually in Fortune. 

To learn more, visit greatplacetowork.com, listen to the podcast Better by Great Place to Work, and read “A Great Place to Work for All.” Join the community on LinkedInTwitter, and Instagram.


About RSM US LLP

RSM is the leading provider of professional services to the middle market. The clients we serve are the engine of global commerce and economic growth, and we are focused on developing leading professionals and services to meet their evolving needs in today’s ever-changing business landscape. Our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential.

RSM US LLP is the U.S. member of RSM International, a global network of independent assurance, tax and consulting firms with 64,000 people in 120 countries. For more information, visit rsmus.com, like us on Facebook, follow us on X and/or connect with us on LinkedIn.