Company: Deloitte
Date: 2020-05-06
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Be prepared to work the grind and be at risk of burnout but high learning curve
Pros: Amenities are nice - new building, nice coffee at Toronto headquarters. Brand will take you far and wide after you leave the company. You definitely learn the consulting foundations very quickly here.
Cons: You are dispensable. They talk big about caring for their people but its all show - if you attempt to call out some issues with senior management (e.g., abuse of power, groupthink bias) they will make you pay. Conformity is the norm and it's very apparent with the increasing lack of diversity at the top. They make you jump through hoops to 'earn' a promotion that technically you've been performing for at a minimum 6+ months. You will be pushed to work crazy hours and beyond your mental limits working 6-7 days a week, 12+ hours a day, having anxiety over the onslaught of emails / work over the weekend. They do not actually care about attempting to align you to work you are interested in - even when the opportunity presents itself! I am grateful for the experience only because I hit absolutely rock bottom here and now I know what things to never subject myself to ever again. Also - drinking culture is heavy. It wasn't until I left that I realized how much it was a problem because the work is so stressful and you need to take the edge off. The pay is also abysmal and they know it - they utilize their 'brand' to suck you in to justify working you to a pulp and paying you very little in return. Come early in your career or get the consulting experience, learn the foundations and leave to better pastures in 2 years' time.