Mixed Bag - Associate KPMG Employee Review

3.0
May 23, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

-Big name firm with a diverse array of clients -Wide range of different practices -Pay and benefits are relatively good

Cons

-Big firm and big office means you are just a number - people don't actually care about you; mentorship opportunities are vastly overstated -While there are lots of smart people to learn from, there is also a surprising amount of incompetence and people with awful personalities -Work/life balance can be extremely poor

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2.0
Jun 17, 2026
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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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