Deloitte reviews

Work can be very demanding at times.

The two biggest downsides are compensation and politics. 1) Compensation: While the company does offer high initial compensation (and a good signing bonus), it vastly underpays its employees over the life of their contract. Plus, with no option for variable compensation at its more junior levels, you are entirely dependent upon your year end evaluation. 2) Politics: The firm subjectively evaluates its employees twice a year (although it only matters at year end). This process is frought with politics, with those who have worked with senior partners receiving the benefit of the doubt. If you worked with a junior partner or someone outside of your office, then good luck receiving a top rating. This then combines with problem #1 in putting many people behind the curve in terms of compensation. Other problems include: - Project Experience: Your experience at Deloitte is entirely dependent upon the projects in which you are staffed. Since Deloitte has interesting and non-interesting projects, you have to be incredibly proactive to work in the area you want to work in, which can result in unneeded stress. - It is a what have you done for me lately type of environment