Company: KPMG
Date: 2018-07-19
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Great team, marred by poor HR.
Pros: On a positive note, I would like to complement the R&D team, and my performance development manager and cluster leader, who were very welcoming and acted as mentors to me in giving me valuable advice and insight.
Cons: PPC (KPMG HR) was very poor in communicating my progression at KPMG. I initially started as a Vacationer, and then subsequently worked as a casual with the expectation that I would receive a graduate offer. However, HR remained silent on this, despite repeated attempts to clarify my future role. Only after discussing my situation with a Partner  was I able to find out that a graduate role was unlikely due to budget cuts within the team. KPMG's PPC team could have been far more proactive in finding me a different graduate role within the company.

PPC knew that I was finishing my studies in June 2018 and should have realised that I would be looking for a full time role after that.

The company invested significant resources in my initial development and training as a Vacationer, and ultimately these have come to waste as I am moving to Deloitte to start a full time graduate role there.

I have completed a double BCom/LLB degree and strongly believe that my qualifications could have been useful elsewhere. My preference was also to stay at KPMG, but this was outweighed by a need for job security as my contract as a Casual only had a 1 hour notice period.

From KPMG's perspective, this is a disappointing outcome as they are losing valuable talent to a direct competitor. I have received only positive feedback for my work performance from colleagues, but my skills and abilities have been largely ignored by a PPC team asleep at the wheel.