KPMG reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(40,116 total reviews)
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60% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

KPMG has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 40,116 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The KPMG employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
Oct 8, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The best reason to work for KPMG is the opportunity to work on a variety of clients that would only be open to someone associated with one of the Big Four accounting firms. The career path is fairly straightforward (as compared to working in industry), and if you stay the course and focus on your own development there is always room for advancement. This is due to the fact that so many people leave for other opportunities at various levels. For the most part, the people you work with are also very talented so you can learn a lot from them.

Cons

Depending on what project you are working on and the time of year the work/life balance issue will always be the number one reason people decide to leave KPMG. It can vary from manageable to downright unbearable. At its worst you may find yourself staffed on multiple projects at the same time working for different managers/partners who all have competing expectations and no coordination at all. It falls on the staff to make the tough judgment calls and personal sacrifices to get the work done. The reason it works is because typically the staff are hardworking but at some point everyone feels burned out.

3.0
Jun 13, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

It's a great place to be from, but not a great place to be. 25 days vacation is fantastic. Of course you'll never be able to take all of it. Benefits are excellent except for 401k match. There is a lot of training and a steady career path.

Cons

Long hours, average salary. The better performer you are the more work you receive and the later you have to work. You begin to get burnt out after working a now 7 month busy season.

5.0
May 29, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get paid well and it really helps to advance your career and job opportunities if you work for any of the Big 4 accounting firms. Starting out as a new hire associate you get 5 weeks of vacation a year which is more than most people get after 10 years with the same company. Health care benefits are really good with a variety of plans to choose from. I have never had time off requested denied. KPMG really understand worklife balance.

Cons

I think there may be more downsides if you are in Audit or Tax rather than advisory. Audit and Tax really seem to have long hard busy seasons sometimes working 80 hours a week. However, in advisory we normally have a busy season for only about a month where we work 50 hrs a week. Something else that could be a downside is that we are always at a client site. One week your commute might just be 15 minutes but another week you could be staffed on a different client and your commute is now an hour.

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