Company: KPMG
Date: 2018-01-22
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

NYFS - ITA
Pros: 1) Great Name - KPMG is known as a fast-paced environment and difficult to get into so showing that you have worked with a big4 brings your resume great value.
2) Exposure - big4 are one of the few firms that allow you to meet with clients at high positions. We meet with NYFS AVPs and above to discuss control risks and that gives those of us in our early career tremendous exposure to senior management.
3) Training - every year we go to Advisory University in Orlando where we can take a bevvy of courses to help polish our understanding in our field and other fields of interest
4 ) Managerial Skills - As a first year, you get to manage an offshore team. As a senior - you get to manage your associates. That managerial skill will benefit your career as you learn how to people manage.
5) The People - Young, ambitious, bright - there was rarely a time where I felt like I was the smartest in the room, and that is an amazing feeling to know that you are under the wings of very intelligent people
6) Perks - 25 days PTO, tons of events to network, BBQs on the plaza, Free Ice Cream in the summer, Jumpstart Fridays in the summer, and offseason unassignment
7) Promotions - Promotions are almost guaranteed every two to three years until you hit Manager as long as you are in decent standing with your engagement managers and performance manager.
Cons: 1) Busy season  - Late nights, red eyes, amnesia. Busy Season sucks. For those of us in this practice, you have no social life for a few months and that takes a toll on your mental and physical health. When you calculate your salary per hours you've put in at work - it doesn't seem that amazing anymore.

2) Hit-or-miss Projects -I was forcibly put on a project that I did not like so my utilization rate did not take a hit.

3) Bonus - the bonuses are very minimal and is based on utilization (see #2) and your standing in the eyes of your engagement and performance managers.