Company: Deloitte
Date: 2008-09-04
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

A satisfied employee but nothing more
Pros: The best thing about working at Deloitte is the opportunity is work with multiple clients. Instead of being stuck in a single job doing a single task, you have the chance to change your role with each project. At Deloitte your skillset and experience will grow much faster then if you worked in industry. With work being project based, chances are you will be less bored because of the changing environment. Another great thing about Deloitte is that you get to see and experience the different ways that companies work. Once you leave Deloitte, you can take those experiences with you to whatever company you work with and quickly adapt to the situation.
Cons: The major downsides at Deloitte are the poor pay and the workaholic culture. When you join Deloitte, don't except to be the best paid person amongst your group of friends. It's not that the pay is bad, it's just average. Deloitte likes to keep things cheap and have the carrot dangling in front of you so that you are always close to grasping it but not quite there. Things such as raises can seem rather arbitrary. Some people will get huge raises for no real apparent reason while others will get little just because of some external reason. People at Deloitte (and probably most consulting firms) will work you do death if you give them the opportunity. So you definitely need to have a strong backbone and the willingness to sometimes say no. Otherwise the work will never end.