Company: Deloitte
Date: 2012-05-01
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former

Smart people, impossible expectations, too much politics
Pros: Deloitte has some smart people to work with. You have lot of opportunities within the firm to move. Within consulting, you could use your skills to move from one service line to another (e.g from Stratey to Finance to Change Management). Typical Monday to Thursday work week for consultants. Very good orientation to learn about company and culture. Networking is given key importance in deloitte. You get to work on interesting projects where you can leverage your technical or managerial or functional skills. Basically, a company where you can carve your own path. Mentors are supportive. Huge knowledge base to learn about new things. Professionalism is given utmost importance. You learn to deliver highest quality of work. Is a good firm to start your career.
Cons: Long working hours with an environment which can be de-moralising or blood sucking. It could make a person cry. Too much politics. People are killing each other to rise up the ladder. The company expects you to learn or know the "deloitte" way of doing things without teaching you (other than what you learn on the job). The work schedule is exhausting so much so that you get irritated. I have seen senior managers vent out their frustration even during company dinners. The company wants people to attend dinner with colleagues after work as if spending 12 hours a day with your colleagues is not enough. Management wants you to attend dinners and happy hours after work and on weekends which can be pretty tiring. Employees are evaluated based on stupidest criteria like their volunteership work and other firm initiatives. You really have to struggle hard at times to find a project for yourself. Its like finding a job even when you have a job. Everything which this company says is optional is compulsory. To get a rating of 1 is almost impossible here. You almost have to burn urself up to meet that expectations.