PwC Reviews

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – your knowledge will increase exponentially

Cons – lots of hours and too corporate thinking

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at PwC full-time for more than a year

Pros – - brand name
- working with the best and brightest
- great training and coaching opprtunities
- build solid foundation to launch an accounting career

Cons – - underpay considerng the long hours and work weekends
- elitst mentality
- poor work life-balance
- revolving door. Lack of long-term retention programs and career development opprtunities for those not interested in making partners

Advice to Senior Management – Need to invest in people for longterm and fix the attrition to build a team of experienced accounting professionals. Under the existing model only the partners have solid experience and the rest are mostly young and inexerienced and just assing through.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at PwC as an intern for less than a year

Pros – People there are energized and always looking to improve. The culture is great and the building is in a location that is easily accessible by transit. The building is also new.

Cons – Management style may be a rough and can be competitive as everyone is looking to move. There can be office politics at times

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great opportunities, good clients, reputable firm. Had the chance to travel quite a bit, and the firm is pretty generous with its programs and initiatives. They hire some of the best people out of university and you will notice a difference in the quality of people when you go to industry.

Cons – Some hypocrisy in culture -- the strong encouragement to have work/life balance is hardly feasible or not taken seriously by partner/management level. PwC is also a highly political environment - likability is currency in the firm.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for more than a year

Pros – International recognition as it is one of the big 4.
Having PwC on your CV opens so many opportunities for your future.
Will learn so much about different industries and how businesses function as you get to audit all different kinds of companies.

Cons – There are difficult schedules of overtime work expected
The job could be challenging as you are constantly moving from one mandate to another but that is a pro for some people as they enjoy the constant challenge rather than doing the same thing everyday

Advice to Senior Management – they should enforce flexible schedules to suit everyone's special needs

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – - good teamwork
- good work-life balance initiatives such as flexible time away in the summer (unpaid leave of absence)
- opens up doors to many other career paths once you have completed your CA designation
- good support for UFE writers in terms of UFE prep and mentoring

Cons – - salary is average for the hours you work
- high stress and long hours during busy season from January to April

Advice to Senior Management – Reward us with more little perks for a job well done. Recent cost cutting measures such as no longer providing lunches at team training events appears to be petty in terms of actual costs saved.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at PwC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – good benefits, good brand name

Cons – fake, crazy staff
HR is crazy and judges you from head to toe
people are jealous and be little you
poor management
no room for growth. you will never be heard.

Advice to Senior Management – take better care of your employees and stop judging people

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great prestigious Company
Good brand name

Cons – You work hard with no recognition
Promotions are not based on favoritism
If you are a real down to earth person forget about working here only fake people get ahead
I have never been so belittled in a company and by my own coach

Advice to Senior Management – Be objective when analysing performance
Stop being rude and not thanking your employees for their efforts
Realize that people won't work hard if there is nothing to work towards to

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time

Pros – The health benefits are pretty good.

Cons – Incentives don't apply to everyone. Admin and support roles are deemed irrelevant and are reminded of that fact. Elitist, passive-aggressive culture.

Advice to Senior Management – Improve the organization for Everyone. Acknowledge the fact that there are staff members up and down the org chart who deserve to be recognized for their efforts. Support staff are deserving of your rewards, recognition, and respect too.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for more than a year

Pros – Variety of work, great people

Cons – A bit of a sweatshop, over-reliance on utilisation.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend