Your mileage may vary - Senior Associate KPMG Employee Review

1.0
24 Jan 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

* Good pay * As you move up, the earning potential is amazing * Lots of PTO * Lots of diversity networks * Lots of cheerleading about how much you matter * KPMG likes to really market all the best in breed awards they get

Cons

* Lots of attrition. KPMG seems to have a problem retaining talent. * When the reality of what your wage actually is sets when you consider the hours you have to work. There's little to zero work life balance. During recruitment, KPMG will talk a good game about WLB, your career, your professional development, and how much you matter to the company but that's all a lie. Everyone is too busy to care about any of that. * Mislead about the responsibilities of the job * The technology KMPG uses is obsolete, primitive, and poorly designed. * Hierarchical work environment. Retaliation is a thing at KPMG. Those promoted are done based on their sales rather than their leadership ability. * If you're not on a track for promotion, you may as well just leave the company. Hard work and volunteering only gets you more work. Performance management is so wide ranging that technically, nobody can really meet all the standards. So management always has an "out" to tell you "no". Promotions are done not on merit but on who you know.

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5.0
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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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Cons

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