Company: PwC
Date: 2020-12-03
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

A LOT of CYA and seagull management.
Pros: Interesting projects
London offices are nice and in good locations
Attracts some really good people
Cons: Awful culture, the stereotype of big 4 consultants talking rather than doing is true.
People on the career ladder only seem to care about money. Every action is targeted towards having highlights to say at end of year review in order to justify a big bonus or promotion.
Promotion is primarily based on time served and making friends with those above you.
Short term gain is put above long term gain. A quick decision is better than the right decision.
I saw and heard some very dubious actions, at best they were unethical, some possibly illegal.
They also don’t like junior staff challenging senior staff, it’s viewed as being “difficult” and “not collaborative”.
Very hierarchical, people like to appear senior so will try to keep hierarchical structures so they can say they had people report to them.
A lot of managers couldn’t manage and didn’t have a clue what they were doing. The resulting chaos usually results in junior staff working on stuff that isn’t necessary and doing lots of overtime.
There is surprisingly little processes and procedures.  How something gets done or what decisions gets made is largely up to whoever is on the job.
Pay is very asymmetrical, partners are on ridiculous salaries while those at the bottom can be quite low. Feel that senior people justify this as “time severed” and now they can get the rewards.