Company: Deloitte
Date: 2016-07-09
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

Fabulous professional development, but poor work life fit.
Pros: Client work can be extremely rewarding since projects typically focus on helping the world's top organizations solve their most difficult problems. This provides an unparalleled preparation for future executive leadership (be it within Deloitte or without). The company also places an emphasis on maintaining strong relationships with company alumni through its colleagues for life program.
Cons: Travel requirements can be extremely excessive, which makes it very difficult to maintain a quality life outside of work. Furthermore, because Deloitte follows a matrix organizational structure, the company often does not have a strong view into if employees are being overworked. This often creates a somewhat heavy "churn and burn" approach to staff development. Finally, because PTO is not factored into utilization (a key metric used to evaluate employee performance), employees often feel pressured into passing up taking time off, which increases the likelihood of staff burn out.