Company: PwC
Date: 2018-07-28
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

Lacks professionalism, ethics and sensitivity
Pros: 1.) Peer group: you will work with some of the best minds as a result of brand value that attracts talented professionals

2.) Career progression: you will move up the career ladder if you are a performer and being a partnership firm makes things well defined. There are targets, you meet them & you will be promoted
Cons: 1.) Lack of empathy: there is no HR practices in PwC, the department is just a vestigial part. You are at the mercy of your manager

2.) Long hours: engagements are sold by people who do not deliver the actual work and you will by all means be pushing 14 hours a day. Expect to work on 50% of the weekends as well

3.) No overtime pay: There is no overtime pay or even for that matter no overtime food allowances. I have rarely seen any one offering food even if an associate is working post 9pm

4.) Ethics: No words can describe the lack of ethics here, the rat race just brings out different faces of people who can go to any lengths to get something done

5.) Harassment: depending upon your personality you will face a lot of this at PwC. The mid-level leadership here want their subordinates to go through the same rough road they used. Below the belt comments are common and point#1 applies here cause there wont be a human resource personal to guard you.

6.) Learning: you will learn from the diverse industry exposure in every engagement, however given the rapidly changing technology world, do not expect PwC to be a front runner in anything cutting edge

7.) Pay: Now this is a tricky one - PwC pays pretty decent, however if your going to end up working on average 14hrs a day and at least 2 weekends a month then i would look at the effort:reward ratio. All things considered - below par