PwC reviews

Yes, there is a price to pay for all the amazing benefits PwC has to offer when you are client-facing. This is a culture of workaholics and high achievers that are laser-focused on building their careers. Therefore, there's an unspoken expectation among all levels that you put in extra hours on the regular. You might assume that 8:30-5:00 with a 30 minute lunch is a standard 8 hr. workday but that's unheard of here. You get funny looks and/or comments if you walk out the door at 5pm. The standard is closer to 8:30/9am to 6-6:30pm and that's only during our slow times. Busy season can be from 8am-10/11pm as a standard for weeks on end, and while this generally only lasts 2-3 months it can be much longer depending on your clients and their year-ends. It's a deadline driven industry and due to that the stress levels can be so high during busy season that you suddenly find you're unable to sleep at night due to anxiety or you begin to understand what depression feels like when you've always been a happy-go-lucky person. Many partners and senior managers have broken marriages or are divorced. Additionally, the new US chairman, Tim Ryan, has an aggressive cost-cutting strategy which resulted in a string of layoffs in 2017, benefits being cut, bonuses being taken away right before Christmas, among other unfortunate things. There was little to no communication on these changes, even to local partners which really was disturbing and caused a lot of turmoil and poor morale in the firm over the last year. If you are one of those rare unicorns that can put your foot down and find a way to balance personal life, family and a career here then that’s great and I have seen it done. It’s just extremely difficult and you have to be comfortable saying ‘no’ in a culture where it’s expected you say ‘yes’.

They will get their pound of flesh. Your face needs to fit to get to Partner. The partners are all made of teflon and look after themselves so you need to find the good ones who will look after you.