Good place to start, but work-life balance is a challenge - Anonymous employee KPMG Employee Review

3.0
5 July 2009
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I agree with a lot of the posters here. This is a great place to start your career. You learn so much about professional services industry. My time management, organization and project management skills have improved dramatically. I feel confident that the things I've learned here will help me go anywhere I want should I leave the firm. And when you first start, the work is challenging. Learning the technical aspects (audit/tax) and understanding how to maintain a good working relationship with the client is exciting.

Cons

Your workload will either be feast or famine. There is no moderation here. Sometimes it will feel like you will have to squeeze your personal life in the downtime. The firm offers good advice for those just starting with the firm but could do better with helping others learn how grow a career. Opportunities seem to shrink as time your time with the firm grows. It possible to be pigeonholed into one project for a longtime. Retaining staff with 2+ years of experience is a problem, but I don't think this is unique to the firm.

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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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