Company: KPMG
Date: 2018-12-22
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

KPMG Tries Really Really Hard
Pros: KPMG really cares about everyone that works there.  I'm a very cynical person and I truly believe this.  They offer an incredible amount of training to everyone.  They give you 25 days off in addition to being off between Christmas and New Years.   You can move around between departments, and they'll help bring you up to speed in your new role.  MOST people are kind.  They finally came into the 21st century and allow us to wear jeans.  FINALLY!
Cons: In the internal IT world, there are a lot of silos.  You can't step outside your domain even though you may be an expert in many.  The security organization  is very difficult to work with because of poor leadership - which results in poor decisions - and ultimately a high degree of turnover in this area.  No one knows - or agrees - with what the others in this area are doing.  

This is a very large partnership.  There are 2000+ partners, which means you're working for 2000+ individual kings.  Many are kind and considerate of your contributions, but some are just amazingly mean and self-absorbed.

The open office environment they've created is loud, distracting, uncomfortable, and just not enjoyable to sit in.  The new third floor they've built for technology has no temperature controls - so it's freezing in the winter.  They're not doing anything about it - and they won't talk about it either.  

All technology decisions are made in Montvale, NJ.  St. Louis is an afterthought.  They will throw us a bone periodically and show up to listen to our complaints (that is probably a pro and not a con).    They DO push their pro-LGBTQRST agenda on us hard - so I would recommend not speaking up against it.