PwC reviews

Work/life balance is hard to find. Accounting used to be thought of us a job with certain busy times of the year, generally in the spring and again in the fall. These days it seems that it is always busy and there is never a break. Working 80 hours a week over and over again with pay that while seems great at the beginning, diminishes significantly with every additional hour worked. One of the other big issues is that there is so much administrative work, its hard to find the time to do any real work. We are so bogged down with risk management issues, checklists, time reporting, scheduling, etc that real work comes later and pushes the hour threshold yet again.

The bureacracy can be stifling at times. Also, due to the fact that PwC is a partnership, some information is rather closely held. While that is surely understandable, sometimes the rationale behind key organizational decisions is not given. As such, it creates an opportunity for staff to form their own opinions and/or spread false rumors. This is especially true when something is perceived as negative, such as annual raises aren't high as expected when compared to previous years.