Company: PwC
Date: 2008-09-16
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former

Salaries and training excellent; "face time" and appraisals pointless.
Pros: The prestige of working for a big four firm is very good for your CV. The training (study leave) was excellent and the pay grading for junior employees is transparent and fair, although some of the appraisal information seemed to be ill informed or unbalanced.
Cons: The blatant favouritism by middle managers towards junior employees who fawn, rather than excel.
"Face time" seemed to more important than intellect to many managers. I find it difficult to justify being at work when I am on top of my workload - I would rather be at home with my family than be seen to be working long hours needlessly.