Company: PwC
Date: 2010-09-05
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Forced into a dead end
Pros: Big projects - good brand name on CV
Cons: Got branded into a particular dead end area by a management that needed somebody to plug that particular sector/skill. I tried to break out of it but was told bluntly that I could not.  I ended up being used as an expert on lots of different projects and actively prevented from taking control/leadership in said projects. 

The company does not understand how to use centralized resource and costs.

There was no recognition for my experience prior to PWC which was different to the skill set that management forced me to develop.

PWC's value to client is limited due to charge out rates. The Consultants are more or less prohibited from telling the client anything controversial. There is a strong incentive to limit the use of expertise from other parts of the firm so that the revenue and chargeable hours go to the local P&L.

They don't promote experienced hires or give credit for previous career experience.

It is luck as to whether one gets noticed and supported by senior management.