Lots of great programs and intentions but still no work life balance - Associate KPMG Employee Review

3.0
Sep 25, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Most of the people have a very good concept of working together as a team to acomplish what seems like unrealistic expectations. Lots of little gifts and perks are given to employees throughout the year, along with many different programs. They also give a lot of vacation time, if you can find the time to use it.

Cons

Work/Life balance goes in spurts certain times of the year expect to dedicate nearly every waking hour to work. Long hours are expected and sometimes seem to go unappreciated. You have little say in what projects you get assigned to but management is pretty good about working around things like docters appointments.

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Compensation is in line with industry averages for the role and location

Cons

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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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