PwC reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(75,498 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 75,498 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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1.0
Jun 3, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Great brand for CV. Everyone has heard of this firm. Occasionally you may meet nice colleagues. Beautiful offices in central locations in London

Cons

No career progression if you are not a qualified accountant Senior Associate pay significantly lower than the market rate and expected to work overtime unpaid. Worst thing for me was the fierce and ruthless fight among all Senior Associates in my department to be promoted to Manager. Client care and the success of the project for the client was secondary to those fights. I have seen people staying overtime at client sites doing non chargeable work, but instead charging it to the client hiding it in chargeable hours in order to show their managers that they reached the target hours to be promoted. Shameful and dangerous for the firm's reputation.

1.0
May 22, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Big 4 firm looks good on the CV. Pay on the face of it seemed good before turned out to be 50 hour week (non audit). Company mobile.

Cons

Extremely long hours with zero overtime. Travelling time to clients is not paid or considered even if you're staying overnight in a hotel. No career progression. Senior Associates treated very poorly given menial tasks. Unfriendly colleagues who do not even say hello. Very late nights and often you have to work weekends unpaid. No opportunity to grow your skill set. Sent to engagements that last over 1 year! basically outsourced

3.0
May 15, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

- Great for your resume and great opportunity to learn in a fast paced environment where everyone around you in smart. - Fun place as well with working with all people your age. - Benefits are good too compared to other places! -

Cons

-Pay is low for all the hours you work and your life will revolve around the job. You can see the path ahead of you (seniors, managers) and you see that their entire life is about their job. If this is for you, then stay for the rest of your life. If not, get the name on your resume and get going. - The culture in our office is everything needs to be done right now. Everyone takes job pretty seriously so the word "crisis" is used often, when it actually isn't (crisis = someone dying, not a new TB a week before the return is due). - Really shady stuff since Tim Ryan came on. All the stuff with the manager bonus, and pay is really secret all of a sudden. Used to be transparent about everything. Keep saying "Record high revenue" but pay decreases for the "meat" of the firm (managers) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. -No upward feedback from an associate perspective. Snapshots are always from the top, which I think crushes any other view point from the bottom. PwC needs to give the receiver of the snapshot a chance to speak their mind of the engagement, instead of contacting HR if you disagree. Needs to be a two-way communication. -No work life balance. Your work is your life here. Flexibility = now you can take your work home and work all the time (great until you get busy all the time then you're just working all the time).

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