KPMG reviews

This is the worst place I have ever worked at! They aren’t fully transparent. They make it seem like they care but they really don’t! They move too quickly on things without giving much thought to how things work, and they make the processes so complicated than they must be! Nothing makes any sense there! It is very difficult to navigate there because it is a matrix within a matrix. People who have been there for over 15 to over 20 years still don’t understand how anything works and they all say, “they don’t know”. They are highly risk adverse company, so when they have layoffs their policies screw people over. Anyone who has been working for 0-4 years, they only give 4 weeks severance. The crappiest severance I ever seen!!! It’s completely unfair. The people who do so badly in their work performance are given two options, career transition plan or go on a PIP. Most of them choose career transition plan because they are given 90 days to not work and get paid for that whole time and given a career counselor to help with their resume. But the people who work the hardest are laid off and given 2 weeks’ notice with a month’s severance!! How backwards is that?!! Everything is always done at the last minute coming from the top with no thought process and they think it makes sense to them when it doesn’t’. Their systems are completely outdated and don’t speak to each other. If you consider working at this company, you will regret it. Everything is complicated for no reason there and they will lay you off with nothing beneficial to you. They laid off a lot of people this year (2023) because of “Economic headwinds and due to low attrition”. Don’t be loyal to a company because they only care about the bottom line.

- due to the political nature of the business and structure of the firm, everything is a question of 'what's in it for me?". That means if you are not a top performer well-liked by everyone, there is no future for you. as an example, a lot of the people i know and I myself have experienced situations where favoritism came into play (ex: racist/sexist situation or person excused simply because upper management likes them. another example is the boys club culture in many of the kpmg advisory teams). - no real change is happening (ex: renovation the working space and offices started min 2 years ago and not one single floor is done to date) - if you don't look and act like them, you are not one of them. (coming from a woman and POC. AKA if you are not a white french male, good luck) - despite all the advertising about it being an innovative company, the culture in many teams can be resumed to "dont talk and do as you are told". speaking up and offering ideas in many cases can be seen as obnoxious, smart-ass and not humble. - gaslighting will happen a lot and to survive you need to let yourself be gaslighted. good luck - merit is not based on hard work, but rather how much you suck up to decision makers - pay and bonuses are below market value