Company: PwC
Date: 2021-04-26
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

Decent employer
Pros: I work for a great team and have friendly colleagues which is the best benefit you can ask for in the long term. The management is also nice, friendly and competent. The communication from top works and they care about the employees. Home office is now standard but it was also possible partially before the covid crisis which helped me a lot to manage family life and save time on commuting. I like the flexibility, although the job requires lots of hours including overtime but the working time is flexible meaning I can decide when during the day I will do the work but of course the work needs to be done. I like having this flexibility and planning my week. The benefits, salaries, bonuses is now fairly transparently calculated which is also great.
Cons: The work is demanding and can be many times stressful. It can be hard to manage work-life balance and career progression especially as a single parent, not completely impossible but can be demanding. I think it is very much depends in which line of service/team you work. I was once told by Manager in Audit to rather not pursue career in audit as a mother with young child. I think he meant to provide good and honest advice but it was quite off putting. I then stopped pursuing the idea as result but maybe I should have persisted. No wonder there are very few women at the top. This was my only bitter experience among many positive ones though.