Company: KPMG
Date: 2018-02-16
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Senior Associate
Pros: The most positive aspect of KPMG is the exposure it provides: Exposure to great clients, exposure to a multitude of responsibilities, and exposure to different environments that gives you the confidence to succeed wherever you go. No matter how stressful some days were, I will forever be thankful to KPMG for the skills that it taught me.
Cons: KPMG management understands that it's a high prestige firm that attracts some very qualified individuals just by its name.  As a result, compensation is relatively low and work-life balance, depending on engagement, is practically non-existent. You often feel like you're an interchangeable cog of a large machine, which would usually be an accurate assessment of your role at the firm.  The times when you don't feel like an interchangeable cog are when you get worked dumped on you because management couldn't find more cogs to put next to you.  401k match improved when I was at the firm but was still average at the time I left.