Company: PwC
Date: 2016-07-05
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Good but not Great (Advisory)
Pros: -The work, when you can find it,  is interesting. 
-The people are great to work with. 
-The salary is higher than what non-consulting jobs pay, I went from a director level in the real world to a Sr. Associate level in consulting and had a 30% raise.
Cons: -I came from the non-consulting, client world. PwC does not have good practices in place to integrate employees like me. They are used to hiring kids straight out of college and molding them to what they want; they are unsure how to handle non-consulting, experienced hires. They will tell you to meet people to get on projects but don't have anything in place to help you find the right people to talk to. Their HR team is overworked and aren't efficient in finding you projects either. I have learned PwC hires before they have a need, which might explain this con.
-PwC also charges by hour spent and penalizes employees who are efficient and get their jobs done in less time. After all less time = less dollars from clients. For someone who comes from the client world, this is very backwards and hard to understand. 
-Sr. Management will never teach you how to have a work/life balance. I recommend Henry Cloud's Boundaries book. Management will penalize you for having boundaries but at least you will be healthy and you can enjoy all aspects of your life.