Company: Deloitte
Date: 2017-06-11
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Real estate tax is a tough group to work in.
Pros: The real estate tax group is very competitive group. Everyone is expected to exceed expectations from the get go. Meeting expectations is not enough and won't get you far in this group. They have great clients but there is a lot of favoritism so you will have to do your time and wait your turn to work on interesting projects. With that said, this was one of the brightest and smartest group of tax people I have ever worked with in my career. I would highly recommend them to new professionals that aspire to make partner in big 4 some day.
Cons: The partner group is very tough to work with. None of the partners know how to communicate and some will make you feel like you are the really dumb and replace you if you don't adjust to their work style. There is also lack of mutual respect and they focus way too much on what time people get in and leave and what you wear to work. Partners do not like facial hair and it is highly discouraged. Also, they make it difficult to let you work in any other group in the firm if you want to transfer internally within a year. In terms of hard work, nothing will ever be enough and there is no sense of appreciation if you are an average performer. Partners are genuinely not interested in work-life balance or ever mention it. Some partners require that you prepare physical binders for each tax return instead of reviewing electronic files.