Great place to start your career, but ... - Data Scientist KPMG Employee Review

4.0
Sep 12, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

1. Good place to start your career, lots of exposure to different projects 2. Colleagues are willing to help and good culture 3. Management are still very approaching 4. Work life balance and work pressure is acceptable and hand-able (compared to big tech firms or other consulting firms). You might need to work overtime during the workday, and very rarely during the weekend (usually when there is a deadline) 5. Great reputation and great career platform, many colleagues end up going to big tech firms after KPMG 6. Firm in general care about their employee (we do not have lay off yet)

Cons

1. Pay you lower than the market value 2. No bonus, no 401K, no raise, due to COVID, also projects are getting worse (less time to charge, less interesting) since COVID 3. you learning rate decrease drastically after 1 year in the firm (projects start to get similar) 4. project are not always "machine learning", many are data manipulation / business analytical work 5. No control of your next project, you never know what you will get (like a box of chocolate) 6. You ended up knowing little bit across different industry, which can be bad for career development in the long run

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5.0
Jul 16, 2026
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Pros

-A lot of firsthand experience working on client/engagement work -Hybrid work weeks -Consistent feedback on your progress -Great work culture -Expansive network of people to support you

Cons

-Shorter length internship compared to others

4.0
Jul 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Solid salary, decent flexibility, very good work life balance in the summer, unlimited PTO as long as you hit your utilization targets. Fantastic culture in my office. Encouraged to take time away.

Cons

Busy season expectations- but could be like that anywhere! Workaholic culture, etc. most training is outsourced to sucky online programs instead of mentorship or setting aside time for experienced team members to coach.

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