hierarchy - Auditor KPMG Employee Review

2.0
Jan 22, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

KPMG is a great place to get good experience. If you work there long enough you are setting yourself up for a lot of opportunities.

Cons

The company is set up like a hierarchy, and until you become a partner of the company you will be treated as a peasent. Within the hierarchy there is tight knit circles of employees who gossip about those who are not in the circle. If you can become a part of this circle you have a better chance of working your way up the hierarchy. I did not feel as if my peers were trying to help me to succeed, but rather trying to put me down to bring themselves up. During employee reviews the management does a very poor job at helping find your strengths, and instead finds your flaws and exacerbates them. The culture of this company needs improvement.

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Cons

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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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