PwC reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(75,644 total reviews)
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Mohamed Kande

78% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

PwC has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 75,644 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PwC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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4.0
Aug 11, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Really smart, competent people that challenges you. Good training, great place to start your career. You get exposure to challenging transactions and can learn a lot. They are trying to change the way they evaluate people, but this will be the first year and I'm not sure how effective it will be.

Cons

Long hours! Despite their efforts to make this the best place to work, the efforts are not consistent. Career development is not their priority, unless you are one of the "chosen" ones - you need a mentor or you won't get anywhere. Also, they care more about the people that started since the beginning in NY than people transferring from other offices.

1.0
Jul 13, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Still trying to figure this out

Cons

Fear based performance metrics, anyone in management has only worked within the firm so they completely lack perspective. Average age is 21 so that totally sucks too...who want to build a network full of millennials.

3.0
May 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

PwC is great at rewarding their employees with great perks, holiday parties, bonuses, and training is also very good. The company puts a lot of focus into the employees, in building relationship partners and mentors. They are also very good about having developmental meetings and organizations or clubs for employee development. There is also a lot of flexibility in working from home, so if you have a family this is a great place to work.

Cons

The big challenge working with PwC, is that you constantly here leadership tell everyone to maintain a work-life balance and to focus on the family first. Let's get for real, you are expected to work more than 40 hours and don't be afraid to work weekends, because it is an unspoken expectation. If you do not work from home or work more than the 40 hours, there is a silent "labeling" that takes place. So you have to be willing to sacrifice work for play and working hard will not get you to the top. Moving to the top is all about what political faction or clique you chose to join. The rewards and perks are very nice, but you have to look at the trade off. A lot of the problems depend on whether you work for the ESC office or if you work for the practice office. The practice office allows more flexibility to develop employee skills, versus the ESC, which mainly does relationship building as a requirement. Secondly, the problem with PwC, is that they are constantly globally sourcing positions into other countries. Since 2010, they have been reducing workforce in the US for supposedly increasing efficiency in operations. Unfortunately, those who are left in the positions after the outsourcing has cleared, the remaining staff members are burdened with challenges of quality checking work or "auditing" 3rd party processes. The focus has shifted, which has resulted in at least 10 "redesigns" and reduced the level of positions in the US market. Positions that are there now, will not be there in the future. If you accept a job, be comfortable that it may not last for more than 3 years.

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