Used and abused - Audit Senior Associate KPMG Employee Review

2.0
Mar 26, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great platform career advancement once you qualify. Good social scene within the company and a great way to progress from being a college graduate into a full time working professional.

Cons

Never valued as an employee, underpaid, overworked. I think that the big 4 have devised a very clever business model of getting the best and brightest college graduates, working them to the bone for 4 years and then they all run for the hills leaving them to keep only the ones who were complete slaves to the job and have no imagination or courage to change their circumstances.

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Pros

Good mentorship and nurturing environment

Cons

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Pros

It might sound cliche but the Pro for me is the people that I work with. I'm lucky enough to be staffed in a team with great leadership. Managers are actually willing to coach junior members and be a real mentor. I very much appreciate their efforts.

Cons

Long hours and office politics. This is pretty basic and obvious for any public accounting firms. Every time a quarter end, year end, or a special filing is going out, you can expect 10-14 hour days. It might be fine in your early career but it gets really tiring after a few years.

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