PwC reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(75,451 total reviews)
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Mohamed Kande

78% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

PwC has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 75,451 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 Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Dec 12, 2020
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Pros

Great firm to have on your resume, in turn opening doors to other places; high-performing environment which in turn allows for you to learn good skills; colleagues are, for the most part, all impressive and good at what they do; positive experience to the extent you are in a caring, collegial team; it's possible you can avoid excessive overtime (but you may be disadvantaged by doing so); very inclusive for LGBTIQ.

Cons

Culture of overtime (I have been told there is an expectation of overtime and PwC is not a 9-5 business); prioritises output over quality, such that you will be disadvantaged if you don't/can't work overtime (and, as a result, I frequently see people who work 24/7 but produce only average work get promoted over people who have better technical skills and produce high-quality work, but can't do crazy hours), and as such not a good environment for a primary carer; some senior people are so focused on being partner (or performing well upon recent admission) that they'll act with zero care, tolerance or compassion to those around them; rather than opening up doors within the organisation, often teams are quite insular and partners will fight to stop you leaving (and it's unlikely you can go anywhere without them backing you); teams are quite specialised such that your skill set can limit your opportunities for more generalist roles; pretty average pay until you're at least senior manager (terrible pay at the junior levels); relatively slow progression; lots of diversity and inclusion policies but many of these are just on paper (ultimately an old school firm that expects blood and rewards those who can give it over, say, those that need to care for kids). Note that the above may be team/department-specific to some extent.

1.0
Nov 10, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Supposedly great for the CV, but will need to revisit this point once I reapply to other firms.

Cons

- Pathetic welfare and HR internal system. Main goal of HR is to keep operational and staff costs as low as possible, not to make our lives better and to improve employee morale. - Alarmingly low (Graduate!) pay and extremely long hours -Do not keep to promises with regards to contracts (SIGNED); signed a contract for full-time employment with PwC Singapore and was later asked to switch over to audit as they are no longer looking for associates for most of their other departments due to the economy and whatnot. Gave me a 2 months notice and then went on to delay my start date by 5 months.

4.0
Nov 10, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- work with big clients on impressive deals - reputable and good exit opportunities because of the brand name - fantastic training and network of support - people are clearly driven, clever and hard-working - opportunities to transfer to other lines of service via Transfer Window - lots of other professional services you could do at the Big 4, i.e. good options if you want to broaden your skillset.

Cons

- long hours for not enough compensation as opposed to competition or the industry. They are very aware that you are working for them because of the brand name and so know they can get away with offering mediocre compensation. - a 'look busy' all the time sort of culture and 'showing face' to clients by going to client site when not necessary - they preach a lot about mental health and wellbeing at the firm, but its the long hours and hard deadlines that's the main cause of the issue. They will sometimes accept unrealistic deadlines set by the client, expecting you to work crazy hours to meet it when, in reality, they can just negotiate better in favour of our teams. - they encourage you try other roles and expand skillset but if you tried to manage your own diary, there isn't that much flexibility in terms of which clients you can be on (luck of the draw sometimes) and whether you can work on other lines of service temporarily/on secondments.

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