Company: KPMG
Date: 2010-11-03
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Salary
Pros: The 5 weeks of pto including sick days and  the sabbatical plan are pretty good incentives to join the firm, but it's hard to take those days off or plan for it when you have a lot of engagements and responsibilities.  If you do take PTO and sabbatical, it looks really bad on the employee and most likely will affect your performance review.
Cons: there is no such thing as work/life balance in a public accounting firm, all the over time hours and weekend hours are on your own time and the company fails to make up for this in rewards, bonus, or raises, especially compared to the other big 4 firms.