Company: Deloitte
Date: 2012-11-13
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Inefficient management but good introduction to the work world
Pros: Focus on building variety of soft skills such as presentation/public speaking, client relations, time management, resource management, and writing documentation. 
The proposal process is very impressive and clearly shows how Deloitte wins as much work as it does. 
Overall friendly environment with approachable partners and managers. 
Variety of opportunities available outside of client work. 
Great stepping stone to either business school or a fantastic industry job.
Cons: Overall Deloitte employees are there to do a job. They do it very well because of the sheer number of hours and people that are put to each problem. However, there is little passion in the job or work itself. The growing technology company culture with enthusiastic individuals excited about their work and their effect on the world has not reached Deloitte. The culture doesn't look to be changing anytime soon either considering how traditional the majority of partners think. Maybe the new school of partners will enable even the most basic of advanced development (agile perhaps?) and understand that happy, passionate workers create quality products in the same or less time. 

The technology consulting division is diverse and every experience in every industry is different however switching between industries is rare and difficult for all levels. Technology consulting projects are naturally longer, especially in Deloitte where often the projects are end to end (requirements through implementation and maintenance). Not a place to go to if you want varied experiences. 

Also the technologies used in the majority of projects are old and outdated. Dont expect to work with very innovative products. The "emerging solutions" and "deloitte digital" groups are the two that work in newer technologies. However they are not only the smallest divisions, they also have the few projects per employee and lowest pay rate. In comparison to SAP, Oracle, and Systems Integration, these innovative groups barely touch 1/10 in size. 

In the end this is not a place for those that enjoy technology or creative solutions. It is an effective machine built to reuse proven techniques and teach newcomers how to implement these techniques. 

The culture, while enjoyable at times, is also very work/party focused and heavily male dominated. Much of the networking completed will be done at the bar. Great for the drinkers, not so great for those who decline to take a shot. 

Finally, the lack of bonuses or overtime for the first three years is no longer competitive in the market.