Company: Deloitte
Date: 2018-11-17
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Succefully navigating a game of thrones
Pros: I've been fortunate to have had really good opportunities throughout my time at Deloitte. I can confidently say that every project I've worked on offered ample learning opportunities and fascinating subject matter. This may not necessarily be the case for all who join the firm -- it is large and diverse. Having good support and positioning from the start has helped greatly.
Cons: I know full-well that Deloitte  can run you through the mill and spit you out downstream tired and drenched in frustration. The likelihood of such a result depends largely on where you've been positioned in the firm and who your immediate partners are. 

While the firm extols itself on how flat it is (there are only 6 ranks bottom to top) this increases the internal politics to sometimes byzantine levels. It can feel like a game of thrones as different "kingdoms" within the firm vie for human resources and clients. But this can also enable smaller players more leverage and more options than you might otherwise encounter in more traditional corporate structures.