Quality of work tempered by internal competition - Anonymous employee KPMG Employee Review

2.0
Oct 8, 2009
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Increased knowledge acquisition pace Variety of work Multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary work environment reputational benefits of working for a Big-Four company

Cons

Constant competition between colleagues encouraged by Senior Management Dead-end business model of constant pressure for promotions; principle of up or out No working time limit

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5.0
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Good starting pay Good exposure to career development

Cons

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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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