Company: KPMG
Date: 2017-09-24
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Unpredictable hours may ruin your health
Pros: I am writing the review because I sincerely want to warn people who want to join KPMG think twice. My review will not apply to every team in the Deal Advisory. 

Most people I work with are smart, hardworking and friendly. Sometimes, managers get demanding. But I understand it is not personal, it is just because either the client is demanding or the upper management is. 
Decent amount of vacation days. (But I see people have to work while on vacation...)
There are lots of opportunities of networking.
Opportunities of learning many new things in a short of time even though it can get stressful.
Cons: The biggest challenge for me is work/life balance. Hours are unpredictable, meaning you start at 8:30 or 9 and you don't know when the end is...And prepare to work at weekends. If you are single and live close to the office, you probably would be more tolerable with the hours. But for people who have family and live in the suburbs, it gets really tough.

Working environment is not good: no private cube. People sit, work, eat and have calls in the same conference room. It is a mess...Not comfortable at all. I sometimes feel I am a slave in the room and have to tolerate with people's constant talks unrelated to work. 

Overall salary is OK. But given the long hours, the hourly pay is really low...