TERRIBLE COMPENSATION - Audit Assistant Manager KPMG Employee Review

1.0
Nov 27, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The people in the department

Cons

Recently communicated that they would be giving paycuts, after allowing people to sign on to become seniors and therefore their notice period going from 4weeks to 3 months. The paycuts are excessive and now someone in watford earns the same as someone in aberdeen. For assistant managers the paycuts means that we are on 6k less than the people the year before and even than external people who joined a month before. The paycuts imo are unethical and unfair as they have trapped people going from junior to senior into 3 month notice periods on much lower pay than they planned for. There is no performance based pay or bonus given so whether you are a high performer or a lower performer you get paid the same meaning there is no incentive to work hard. There is no bonus given whatsoever which is not in line with other firms. Additionally the hours are extremely long with no overtime pay.

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Cons

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Pros

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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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