The honest truth - Associate, IT Advisory KPMG Employee Review

3.0
Aug 7, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

5 weeks vacation, pension plan, great co-workers at the associate and senior associate level, good work/life balance, independence at clients, very little micro-management, good benefits overall

Cons

Unclear promotion structure, unbalanced staff levels, recent layoffs, unclear performance rating, often no support from Performance/Engagement Managers, tendency for condescending attitudes among senior management towards staff, promotions based on favortism and perception vs. reality and experience

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Cons

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Pros

Great general benefits however not as good as it was when I first started at the firm 11 years ago. Firm used to provide better employee incentives but no longer provides. Employee experience all depends on who you report to and work with. Some have great experiences, while others are completely over-worked.

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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