Less than stellar
Pros
- free snacks and coffee - plenty of opportunities open for those who want to stay in risk advisory and accounting roles - thanks to trauma bonding, I’ve made friends for life through mutual disdain of our employer - many mid-level and senior management employees are supportive and will invest time into you - yearly salary is competitive*
Cons
- little to no mobilization into roles in tech, finance or management consulting as a staff - major mental health issues from workplace burnout and trauma is epidemic, especially as a staff and senior - your experience is largely team-dependent and there is no overarching consistency with how teams are led and your experience will vacillate from fairly pleasant to crying at 9 or 10 pm for a months-long stretch - common to stay on the computer until 8-10 pm accomplishing no real feats - very little incentive to claim ownership of the work done - for many, no real incentive to produce high-quality work when it’s typical for staff to work a busy season on a team only to be offloaded to the next busy season team in a long-running cycle - lots of time wasted on office politics and fake work - many mid-level and senior management employees are apathetic and will not invest time into you - yearly salary is competitive* on paper, but accounting for hours worked and duress sustained, is not fair compensation