Company: KPMG
Date: 2020-12-05
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Excellent, challenging work/learning opportunities; mediocre pay for effort/hours
Pros: Challenging work; 
Very progressive in its pursuit of a workplace that is reflective of the country's demographics; 
PTO (4 weeks combined PTO, two "Shut Down" Weeks during the year where you do not need to use PTO);
excellent on-the-job learning;
CPA bonus/cost reimbursement ($5,000 if you pass in one year of hire, $3,000 if within two years);
CPA study material incentive;
During COVID-19 KPMG has become much more flexible in terms of working hours (may depend on your engagement team/client needs);
Health, dental, & eye benefits (multiple health packages);
Pension (and $7,000 pension credit after 3 years of service);
401k match (5% of 50% of contribution);
Paid PARENT leave (mother, father, adoptive parent);
4-12 week sabbatical program (20% pay - 30% during the height of pandemic);
Browser-based audit software with great functionality;
Excellent volunteer opportunities with charge codes for time spent volunteering;
An opportunity to work for a prestigious Big4 accounting firm;
Nearly time-based promotions with a nearly-guaranteed raise over industry-standard each year;
Encore/Bravo incentive awards;
Global and national mobility (KPMG operates worldwide);
State-of-the-art training facility in Orlando (the Lakehouse) with private chefs, rooms, gym;
Variable Compensation opportunities even as a first-year associate;
Opportunity to learn and prepare audit documentation very early in your career;
Heavy client-interaction (may depend on the client/engagement team);
India-based service center that can work on deliverables while you sleep - the KPMG Audit practice strongly encourages its professionals to utilize this service.
Cons: Low pay based on hours/effort performed (your friends in other practices will be making $5-10K more and in the industry will be making $10-20k more per year when you start out);
Everything is seemingly urgent/prioritization issues; 
It feels like you are drinking from a firehose when you start; 
Work-life balance can be non-existent at times during the year; 
Busy season hours can be awful (depends on your client/efficiency of your engagement team);
Client mobility is rather stagnant;
Corporate bureaucracy.