Good but sometimes frustrating experience - Senior Associate, IT Advisory KPMG Employee Review

3.0
Sep 3, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

KPMG is a good company to start your career with. You'll be able to see the inner workings of your clients and find out what works and what doesn't. The compensation and benefits are also very good compared to other jobs coming out of college.

Cons

The hours can be long, and this varies by practice and office. Some groups work much more than others. Management is very inconsistent. Although the firm has no shortage of policies and codes of conduct, individual managers have a lot of discretion and can be erratic and inconsistent with their requirements. Some managers are very stingy in their performance reviews and others are generous.

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You get to work with an awesome, highly resilient group of local peers in the advisory practice. The KPMG brand still holds value, but the internal team dynamics have become incredibly fractured.

Cons

We have outsourced 80%+ of our Risk Advisory work, leaving onshore seniors with massive gaps in their experience. As a manager, I am stuck doing senior-level work because I typically have only one or zero local seniors or associates on my teams. The best leaders have already resigned because this model prevents actual management and mentoring. Also, it might take you 30+ years to become partner in Risk Advisory, if at all.

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