Brief view point from graduate - Audit Associate KPMG Employee Review

3.0
7 Jul 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Culture and people. KPMG is just like what you expect from a Big 4. Training and experience, to work for KPMG is to take the first step into the financial world.

Cons

The greatest concern for most graduates is the starting salary. Sadly, this is an area KPMG is not as competitive in relative to each compititors. They advertise on their website that their remuneration is competitive to the rest of the market, but truth be told it is more on the lower end of the scale. But they do try to compensate with other benefits. But it is difficult to evaluate the value of these other additional benefits like sick leave and such.

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Cons

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Pros

Great general benefits however not as good as it was when I first started at the firm 11 years ago. Firm used to provide better employee incentives but no longer provides. Employee experience all depends on who you report to and work with. Some have great experiences, while others are completely over-worked.

Cons

Let go during RIF. When I started with the firm back in 2015, RIF's didn't occur much but now has become the normal once a year at minimum at KPMG. You must be on top of you game now (high performance culture) otherwise can be let go at any moments notice. Unfortunately if you do amazing on your engagement work, doesn’t mean anything to leadership and can still be let go, especially at manager level and requires you to put many additional hours per week doing extra curricular (Business Proposals, Certifications, etc.).

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