Company: KPMG
Date: 2017-05-30
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Cliche But True: Great Experience
Pros: Fantastic firm to gain a lot of experience in a little time. Due to the breadth of client portfolio, there is the opportunity to stay busy year-round and to gain a lot of experience. This company goes the extra mile with formal trainings and provision of audit resources.

Wonderful leave programs, including PTO, Sabbatical, and Maternity/Paternity leave.

Characterized by a young, outgoing and energetic workforce, this firm is a fantastic place to start or build your career in a setting where it is possible to relate to nearly all of your peers.
Cons: Be prepared to be upset at some point due to an expectations gap.  Due to size of the firm and the emphasis on the client-facing side of the firm, low-level associates are worn through like consumables, often working and travelling excessively.

My experience has been such that it is not worth pursuing extensive community involvement or personal activities during a tenure with this firm, as short notice of schedule changes and longer-than-average working hours but a strain on non-work-related pursuits.