Your mileage may vary - Senior Associate KPMG Employee Review

1.0
Jan 24, 2021
Recommend
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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 * Mislead about the responsibilities of the job * The technology KMPG uses is obsolete, primitive, and poorly designed.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
Apr 30, 2026
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Pros

The people are the best to work with

Cons

The hours are long and lots of meetings depending where you sit in the org

2.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

You get to work with an awesome, highly resilient group of local peers in the advisory practice. The KPMG brand still holds value, but the internal team dynamics have become incredibly fractured.

Cons

We have outsourced 80%+ of our Risk Advisory work, leaving onshore seniors with massive gaps in their experience. As a manager, I am stuck doing senior-level work because I typically have only one or zero local seniors or associates on my teams. The best leaders have already resigned because this model prevents actual management and mentoring. Also, it might take you 30+ years to become partner in Risk Advisory, if at all.

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