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Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton
NYC History!
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This year marked the 50th anniversary of the School of Management

2020

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Floating holidays at GT are an opportunity to celebrate holidays that matter to you. There are this many floating holidays offered throughout the year. 

4

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GT will give you this amount of money per year for your lifestyle spending account (sneakers, technology, workout classes, reading etc)

$500!

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Grant Thornton has offices in 46 U.S. cities. How many of those cities are state capitals?

Ten

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This bridge connects the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island

Verrazzano Bridge

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Binghamton University first opened its doors in 1946 under this name.

Triple Cities College 

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This GT benefit allows the firm to close at 1pm local time on Friday's between Memorial Day and Labor Day.

Summer Fridays!

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You'll have this many individually assigned mentors when you start at GT as an intern

3! Buddy, Coach, and PPMD 

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This frozen treat is available on the 9th floor of the Manhattan office every Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday

Frozen Yogurt (Don't forget to go to the toppings bar!)

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This is the highest numbered street on the island of Manhattan

220th Street

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Binghamton is a 4 hour drive from this landmark that is known for it's boat rides.

Niagara Falls 

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How many four day weekends does everyone at GT get during the summer?

3! (Memorial Day, 4th of July, and Labor Day).

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What kind of organizations does our "Purple Paladin" program support? Examples are - housing insecurity, animal therapy, mental health support etc

Emerging nonprofit organizations

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GT's Manhattan office building sits equidistant from these famous NYC buildings (one is east of here, one is west!)

UN Headquarters (east), Chrysler Building (west)

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This year is the last time the New York Mets won the World Series

1986

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A home in Vestal, NY gifted their tree to what landmark in NYC?

Rockefeller Center.

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The "Green Team" in the Manhattan Office started this sustainable reading initiative for all GT NYC employees

Mini Sustainable Library - come borrow / share books!

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They're geographically separated by Missouri: By population, what's the smallest state that has a GT office? By population, what's the largest state that doesn't have any GT offices?

Kansas (smallest), Tennessee (largest).

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GT has this many employee-led business resource groups (Black Professionals & Allies, Disability Alliance, Equality GT, etc)

9

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An uptown favorite, this sandwich with roots in Harlem is similar to Philadelphia's Cheesesteak

Chopped Cheese Sandwich

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If you attend an event on campus, there's a good chance they will have food from this pizzeria.

Nirchis

50

Grant Thornton will reimburse you up to $100 for this important life event.

Pet adoption

50

GT has reserved boxes at these two major sports venues in New York City (this spring some of our winter interns got to see Fallout boy at one of them)

Yankee Stadium and MSG

50

Among GT's six golf pro Ambassadors, what last name is shared by two of them?

Korda (sisters)

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With 13,981 performances, this recently-closed musical still holds the record for longest running Broadway Show in NYC

The Phantom Of The Opera