Company: PwC
Date: 2015-03-02
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Awful experience - don't do it.
Pros: Exit opportunities, free CPA exam, free dinners. Not much in the grand scheme of things. For some reason, other employers value this place's employees, so you can capitalize on that good will. Leave as soon as possible.
Cons: Work life balance is horrible. You will never see friends or family. Busy season does not ever end - there is always more to do. It's bad all year.

Seniors wait until late in the day to give you work, ensuring you share in their misery into the wee hours.

The experience looks good on paper but being staffed on mega-engagements doing very specific  tasks leaves you with just a vague understanding of how specific software /work papers work, without any big picture context. You won't learn much unless you commit years of your life to the job, and doing so is social and familial suicide. You will find that after leaving you will have learned almost nothing useful.

My seniors were socially incompetent, cliquey, terrible at teaching and generally unhelpful - with a couple exceptions. They did not welcome new staff and were condescending and rude.

The healthcare benefits are terrible, especially if you have dependents. My wife and son qualified for state subsidized care, because UHC's coverage was so awful.

The pay is low. You can easily make just as much in an entry level staff accountant or internal auditor role at a private company. 

The flexibility promised by the recruiters and partners is a lie. Simply do not believe any of it. Their "flexibility" = being available via laptop 24/7 with no ability to get away from work.