Company: PwC
Date: 2013-04-26
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Good early experience, but too easy to get pigeon-holed and no real long-term development opportunities
Pros: High Profile Clients
Some very smart colleagues
Travel 
Educational Support

This is a matter of good fortune - I was lucky enough to work in a small department that allowed me to travel the world and work on blue chip clients - however some of my colleagues never left the office and never set foot into a meeting with a client or partner.
Cons: Heavy workloads
Poor planning and resource management
Poor rewards - both financial and non
Bad talent management and opaque appraisal/promotion system

All in all there is a steep but good learning curve in the early years - however once you reach AM /Manager level additional skill learning drops off and it becomes more a delegation and review role. 

It is very easy to get stuck and specialised - if you are doing one thing well, and it helps out thise senior to you,  it can be hard to move into a new area. Senior management get very protective and possessive of good staff and this can eventually lead to them leaving the firm if they want a change. 

Identifying and managing talent is something of a weak-point in the firm sadly.