Advisory Manager - Project Manager KPMG Employee Review

4.0
Mar 15, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Great experiences with very intelligent, hard working professionals. Good pay and benefits.

Cons

Managing young professionals that are very competitive and driven and prone to emotional breakdowns and frustration. One team goes in and sells the job, underestimating the number of people and time needed to complete. Another team walks in with unrealistic expectations leading to their frustration and the clients frustration.

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