KPMG - Dead end career - no work/life balance - Tax Senior Associate KPMG Employee Review

2.0
Sep 5, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

25 days of vacation. nice office. nothing much to say. The annual salary raise is well below inflation rate and, not too mention, the rental raise in New York City.

Cons

KPMG has too much politics. There is lack of learning opportunity. Salary is not competitive. The work is long hour. The morale is low except for the new-comers. The staff people are taken seriously about quality of work but totally lack of recognition. The management does not have any respect. they have very poor time management. If they have problem, they will blame it down to the staff. If they have credit, they take them all by themselves. Staff people feel like working hard for nothing because all credits has been taken by management level. People who gets promotion are people who play game with the management, but not the people who do the hard work. Ethics is bad in office. therefore KPMG has such a high employee turnover rate. The annual salary raise is well below inflation rate and, not too mention, the rental raise in New York City.

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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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