Good place to start a career, but expect long work hours on regular basis. - Senior Associate, IT Advisory KPMG Employee Review

4.0
Aug 7, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Good place to start a career. Firm has excellent benefits. Most of senior management are easily accessible and act promptly on individual concerns.

Cons

Long hours will be required on regular basis which tends to affect work/life balance. There is a heavy management oversight if employees do not charge 50 hours per week of billable time. There were recent lay-offs which were not formally communicated which tends to create a lot of speculation among the employees. All work papers are still in hard copy format, however, the firm is slowly moving towards electronic format. This transition will be completed next year.

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Pros

Good learning environment, the teams help support your development when you're new, and they take you under their wing to succeed in your role.

Cons

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4.0
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Pros

It might sound cliche but the Pro for me is the people that I work with. I'm lucky enough to be staffed in a team with great leadership. Managers are actually willing to coach junior members and be a real mentor. I very much appreciate their efforts.

Cons

Long hours and office politics. This is pretty basic and obvious for any public accounting firms. Every time a quarter end, year end, or a special filing is going out, you can expect 10-14 hour days. It might be fine in your early career but it gets really tiring after a few years.

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