Company: Deloitte
Date: 2020-05-26
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

A great beginning point
Pros: Loads of exposure to many types of clients, projects, trainings, resources/tools, and generally surrounded by very bright individuals. Although I’ve had previous work experience prior to joining the firm, this is my first opportunity to really become a jack of all trades. It’s impressive how many new skill sets they support in the form of DU training, webinars, classes, project opportunities, and/or specialized trainings (i.e., for newcomers or military veterans). All in all, it’s a wonderful firm to learn and develop in whichever general field you’d like, in whatever account(s) of interest, or area of practice you’re already skilled in or want to grow. Deloitte has a global reach and the resources to support almost anything you want to do.
Cons: The nature of consulting often seems like one’s knowledge is a mile wide, but only an inch deep. Not that it’s impossible to become a SME, but until years and years of experience and self-branding, it’s difficult to get projects lined up that truly allow continuity and deep growth in a particular area of interest. There’s just a lot of turn over with projects and it can be frustrating to always feel behind the learning curve with constant “newness”. To be clear, this is also truly amazing to be constantly learning brand new skills, processes, methodologies, etc, however, it’s tough when you know where you want to grow/develop, but it gets put on hold because that project/client/ role may not be available when you are. I often want more time to be stable in a role and become an expert in my field of interest. Unfortunately, I’ve learned that to gain this expertise and to ensure project opportunities in the Deloitte account I’m interested in, I will have to leave the firm to gain that knowledge and then come back eventually. 

Work/life balance can be a struggle sometimes.

People are brilliant here, however the company culture sometimes cultivates trust issues among employees, fierce competition, and superficial ick.