Office politics, favoritism, low wages, poor work life balance will be the ruin of KPMG - Anonymous employee KPMG Employee Review

4.0
Mar 9, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Most people are intelligent and friendly at KPMG International (shared services) - Very good benefits (health, dental, fitness reimbursement) - There are many opportunities to move to various teams (but the pay is always low) - The company is involved in many charitable events - Increasingly focused on going green - Training opportunities

Cons

- Low pay - It's impossible to strike a balance between work and life - Office politics that can suck the life out of you - Office environment not conducive to working effectively - KPMG has the worst HR department in all of Canada (they will lose your files, screw up your paycheque, forget to follow up on important matters, contradict themselves...) - There is an atmosphere of fakery among some leadership - Favoritism is appalling - Most teams are understaffed - Little flexibility with regards to work hours (8:30 - 5 shift with rarely any flexibililty)

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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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