Company: Deloitte
Date: 2020-12-16
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

An environment where you are nothing more than a number
Pros: Great colleagues who were friendly and helpful all the way.
Cons: Before continuing, note that these comments are strictly for the business unit I worked in, not Deloitte as a whole.

I did not get a sense of direction or strategy from the partners and directors that I worked for. Actual billable work was low, resulting in horse trading with other business units where I was used as a resource for their projects. This would be fine if it was short term but this would prove to be the reality for the vast majority of my time at Deloitte.

The stakeholders of this business unit were not employee focused either. While they were never rude or unfriendly, they took no interest in their employees. Whenever they came into town (most were based out of different cities), they would not even drop by to greet my colleagues and I. It was not uncommon to watch them walk directly past me. Even when seated directly behind me, they would not even acknowledge me or say 'hello'. I initiated the greetings the first few times but seeing that this was never ever reciprocated, I can only assume they were not interested in speaking to me and stopped.

After working there for a year, I was informed of a 'raise' not by the partner of my business unit, but instead by a proxy, a partner from different business unit. And this 'raise', was for a rather insulting and disingenous amount of $1000 per annum.

When I put in my resignation letter, I was asked me a rather bizarre question: "Do you want me to ask you to stay?". He only asked me why I was leaving a day later when he was completing some paper work where the reason for my departure was needed.