A bureaucracy company which is not recommended for long term job commitment - Senior Consultant KPMG Employee Review

2.0
23 Sept 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Exposure to various industry and projects - Multinational firm with a many foreigners / Asian speaking native English

Cons

- Serious OT and seems it is a norm to the people working here. If you want work-life balance, this is not the place for you. - Performance evaluation system is terrible. Lots of politics involved. If you want to get promotion/ get good grade (linked to your salary adjustment/ bonus) in performance review, you need to be well-exposed to internal senior management staff. Performance is nothing related to the quality of actual deliverables / hardwork you have done to client in projects. - Reporting line is unclear. Partners / directors can find you to work and I don't think there is room for negotiation for most of the cases. Because they will simply check on system to see if you are booked or not. However, sometimes your booking cannot be shown in system as project does not have enough budget. Therefore, you end up being "available" due to this reason.

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Cons

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2.0
17 June 2026
Recommend
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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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