Company: KPMG
Date: 2019-01-19
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Good name value; good place to work if you like working independently and no business trips
Pros: - great name value owning to its parent firm "AZSA LLP" (one of the biggest Japanese auditing firm) and the global name "KPMG" brand
- a wide variety of client; e.g. oil and gas, food and beverages, banks etc. and some variety of projects; you have chances to be assigned in projects of your interest by request and luck
- largest sustainability consulting company in Japan by size 
- male/female ratio: almost 1:1 (including management) 
- overtime pay for every min you work outside stated work hours
- easy to arrange annual leave, maternity/paternity leave, sick leave etc 
- friendly, helpful colleagues
Cons: - extremely Japanese, conservative working culture. Management do not respond well to conflicting opinions and new ideas. You are expected to follow old-style Japanese manner; e.g.  opening doors and pressing elevator buttons for partners as we walk, even if you are not their secretaries. 
- non-Japanese -- less than 3%; only some are bilingual/multilingual 
- no flexible hours or telework options; no free/subsidized cafeteria/coffee, lounge/resting rooms; no team building/seasonal event/family day
- no training; limited opportunities for personal growth, talent development, global transfer/short-term assignments, or intra Group transfer
- nearly no international/domestic travel for work 
- normally you work independently; not much team work
- unclear evaluation scheme; you have to be "liked" by partners to move up ranks