Toxic Culture: Stay Away! - Senior Accountant KPMG Employee Review

1.0
Jan 23, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

- opportunity to work on many complex clients - develop project management and leadership skills very quickly if you put in the time and effort to invest in yourself

Cons

- incredibly toxic work culture that permeates from the top down - senior managers who go behind your back and throw you under the bus with partners to disguise their own incompetence - if you’re in audit, they will sell you the opportunity to do rotations in other groups, but in reality the highly sought after advisory roles are extremely competitive and managers have no problem clawing you back on their audit files during your rotation - there have been at least four emergency meetings over the past six months to discuss retention and ways to improve the culture, with no real or concrete pathway for achieving this - this speaks to how toxic the culture is and perhaps an overhaul of the manager group is warranted

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5.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

Good learning environment, the teams help support your development when you're new, and they take you under their wing to succeed in your role.

Cons

It is a grind, work-life balance can become nonexistent, and it can be draining.

4.0
Jun 11, 2026
Recommend
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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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