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      Not the right culture for me - Audit Associate KPMG Employee Review

      1.0
      Apr 30, 2018
      Audit associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      High pay for no experience, travel if you want it, lots of happy hours if you want them

      Cons

      Being idle is rewarded, so long as you show face at your client. I tried to leave before 9pm after they ran out of work for me to do, and was penalized for it. The people who work here sadly think that this is normal. Work/life balance isn't in their vocabulary. I once asked for an example of work/life balance and my interviewer told me that the company let him take off to see his wife in labor. If he was thankful for that time off, what's the point of having a kid? But I'm sure he'll make a good living. I'd rather live my life and be a little less wealthy than eat dinner at the office for 10 months of the year.

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      5.0
      May 14, 2026
      Advisory associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Wonderful training programs and set up for success if you seek help

      Cons

      Pay not as competitive as other big 4

      4.0
      Jun 10, 2026
      Associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A lot of smart people to learn from

      Cons

      A lot of people leave. Utilization is also a dumb metric now with how much money they are dumping into their AI. Work is getting done quicker, hence less hours are being charged even when busy. Margins are consistently up despite hours being down so I don't get the need for higher utilzation KPI's anymore. On top of that, managers make you "eat" your chargeable hours to stay within their very small budgets now too, so utilzation does not really reflect anything meaningful anymore. Commercial consultants work 1.5-2x more than federal consultants but federal consultants are usually 100% utilzed because they must use the full budget despite the work not taking as long/as stressful of deadlines.

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