Great People - Senior Associate KPMG Employee Review

4.0
Aug 6, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The best reason to work for KPMG is the people, the social events, and the benefits. With everyone being at such a young age it's almost like an extension of university. The company also has some pretty decent benefits compared to other large companies.

Cons

There are a couple downsides to working at KPMG. The first is the hours, which can sometimes be brutal during the first 3-4 months of the year (busy season). The other is the compensation, which will definately be lower than industry in your first 3 years. Once in management the salary evens out a bit, but the hours are still tough.

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Pros

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Cons

Let go during RIF. When I started with the firm back in 2015, RIF's didn't occur much but now has become the normal once a year at minimum at KPMG. You must be on top of you game now (high performance culture) otherwise can be let go at any moments notice. Unfortunately if you do amazing on your engagement work, doesn’t mean anything to leadership and can still be let go, especially at manager level and requires you to put many additional hours per week doing extra curricular (Business Proposals, Certifications, etc.).

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