Just like all the other big 4 - Advisory Senior Associate KPMG Employee Review

4.0
Sep 4, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Big 4 experience has a lot of opportunities for travel (double edged sword). I got to see a lot of impressive places (US and international) and got to work on a lot of big name clients. You’re surrounded by a bunch of really smart motivated people.

Cons

The other side of the smart motivated people is that people take credit for others work, throwing co-workers ‘under the bus’ if the time/budget isn’t met. I had a real since that if I wasn’t the favorite of the manager I was working for I wasn’t going to have a strong advocate at the meetings to rank the staff (e.g. salary increase/bonus)

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5.0
Apr 16, 2026
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Pros

future job moves internal promotions client trust

Cons

Busy season intensity Deadline-driven stress cycles “Always on” expectations during peaks

2.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

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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