Company: PwC
Date: 2016-07-14
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Dramatic Culture Changes in Advisory (Consulting)
Pros: People:  collaborative environment among peers and across levels, despite peer competition for promotion and bonus.  Employees are for the most part genuine, and the teaming experience for pursuits and project delivery is exceptional.  

Resources:  the resources available to consultants at all levels are vast and constantly being augmented.  This includes application development environments; access to software business partners' online libraries and support systems; acquisition of technical manuals, research papers and texts, and attendance at professional conferences.
Cons: Culture:  With the acquisition and assimilation of Booz (Strategy&), the rigidity of strategy consulting rules and culture have subsumed the former more flexible environment of the operational consulting firm.  PwC's career paths and evaluation methodologies were not known for their creativity in rewarding mavericks, and that has become much worse. 

Performance Evaluation:  the "PwC Professional" evaluation criteria and requirements given to employees at the beginning of the fiscal year do not seem sed to enter into the actual evaluation at fiscal year end.  For managers and below, it's all about utilization.  For Directors and above, about revenue generation.