Company: PwC
Date: 2017-01-09
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Assurance Experienced Associate
Pros: Exposure to large firms
Becker Reimbursement 
Tuition Reimbursement
Health Rewards Program
CPA Bonus
Business phone and plan provided at Associate level
Cons: -Very long hours (12+ hours per day and working weekends for 4.5 months of my first year of employment)
-Poor management skills (people are promoted to manager practically solely based upon number of busy seasons worked and not considering capability to manage)
-Major focus on negative feedback during reviews
-Three years at Associate level before promotion (longer than any other Big Four Firm)
-Must have CPA completed before promotion to Senior Associate (before all other Big Four firms) 
-No flexibility. Although HR loves to talk about it and post on social media about it, there is none especially during busy season. 5 o'clock Fridays were non-existent on my teams. All grocery shopping, dry cleaning pick-up, family time, car repairs, house chores, and relaxation was done on Sundays during busy season, as Saturdays were work days as well.
-Very long commutes in Assurance out of the Stamford office. Expect to work in NYC despite being told there are many clients in CT, there aren't. (2 hour commute each way for me, hotels were offered at first but they quickly broke our audit budget and were no longer offered. I left NYC between 10pm and 11pm each night during busy season and would get home between 12am and 1am)
-Large focus on quantity over quality of work completed
-Stamford office specific-no in office cafeteria or eating area. Only two tables in break room, means you must eat at your des
NYC office specific- extremely hard to find a desk. Extremely overcrowded office