Company: Deloitte
Date: 2015-06-02
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

A great place to start and learn, not so good for experienced hires
Pros: The culture and people are the best part of the company; senior management fosters both.  The compensation is never great and never terrible. There are rarely gross disparities between comparable employees.  Those tend to come from gaming geography (hired in NYC, transfer to St. Louis, keep pay).  Compression adjustments apply to those.
There is excellent support for industry standard training that some companies do not provide.  Travel accommodations are usually excellent.  There is almost never pressure to accept substandard hotels or flights.  Food allowances are often favorable in the location.  Business electronics and software are regularly updated (2 years for phones and 2 years for laptops is standard).
Cons: Work life balance does not exist.  Employees are kept on a treadmill.  Self-motivated, skilled employees seek promotion and a chance to grow in their skillset.  Utilization metrics do not accomodate any variance from full utilization.  Employees have to either overwork on an engagement or give up PTO between engagements.  50 hours per week plus non-utilized travel time is the norm.  Promotion comes capriciously and without real connection to skills, experience, and even evaluations.  The process depends on identifying the right person to make your case.  The process is confidential so it is not possible to check up on why evaluations and promotions are disconnected.