Good Policies - Lousy Governance - Director KPMG Employee Review

1.0
Oct 17, 2016
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Pros

Talented people. Nothing much to say.

Cons

Activism by minority groups - too much politics - very poor governance. Office of ethics is a joke. On paper it sounds so good. When it comes to execution they do a lousy, incompetent and reckless job. Member firms very territorial and secretive with one another.

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Cons

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2.0
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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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