Great place to start career, but don't stay over 2-3 years. - Associate KPMG Employee Review

3.0
Oct 21, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- Friendly coworkers - Out of Big 4, they seem to care about work life balance more - Good hours (in Risk Consulting) - Great benefits (25 days PTO, 401k matching) - Good training (especially for data programs if you take advantage)

Cons

- You are just a number. They will put you where they need you, irrespective of your skills and interests. - Partners become protective of resources - Utilization is #1 metric of your worth - Salary increases dependent on firm's performance, better to increase your base by going elsewhere then boomeranging back

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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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