Please stay away - Associate KPMG Employee Review

1.0
Aug 8, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing that I can think of.

Cons

Extremely unprofessional people. A lot of politics and it’s all about who likes whom. Pays peanuts compared to the hours they make you work. Clients locations are in weird remote places. No work life balance. Busy season if 7 months i.e. you will work 45-50 hours for 7 straight months.

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2.0
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Pros

You get to work with an awesome, highly resilient group of local peers in the advisory practice. The KPMG brand still holds value, but the internal team dynamics have become incredibly fractured.

Cons

We have outsourced 80%+ of our Risk Advisory work, leaving onshore seniors with massive gaps in their experience. As a manager, I am stuck doing senior-level work because I typically have only one or zero local seniors or associates on my teams. The best leaders have already resigned because this model prevents actual management and mentoring. Also, it might take you 30+ years to become partner in Risk Advisory, if at all.

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