Bad Work/Life Balance - Tax Intern KPMG Employee Review

1.0
Mar 7, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Interesting, challenging work Latest technology Firm attempts to give you training, although gives you too much irrelevant information some times

Cons

Atrocious work/life balance - many employees are miserable Some departments don't interact much socially (not talking about outside work, but the employees don't talk or interact at all within some departments) At the intern level, I was already starting to specialize in a particular industry and business organization - I wanted a more broad experience (I think audit gets more broad experiences, though)

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Pros

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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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