Avantages
1. Higher salary - but not if you break it down to hourly rates. 2. Looks decent on a job resume, but definitely not as good as Big 4, so if you can get hired by Big 4, don't waste your time on Crowe. 3. Work life balance is better than at the Big 4.
Inconvénients
1. Once someone makes partner, they are basically allowed to say or do whatever they want, with no regard for policy or decency. Really immoral behavior by practice leaders in some groups is the norm. 2. I heard several partners talk about how the "pyramid" model of partnership was currently failing because there were not enough people interested in becoming partner to pay out the partners trying to retire. Instead of fixing this, they just started promoting (aka allowing people to buy in) people to partner that were absolutely not qualified.