Company: PwC
Date: 2011-04-06
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: former

Amazing development and mentorship, less-than-amazing pay
Pros: Creating a distinctive culture was a top priority for senior management, and while it wasn't perfectly pleasant all the time, it was pretty pleasant the majority of the time. I had great development opportunities and felt that I was given innumerable chances to stretch and grow while learning from those more senior to me. My department rewarded initiative and hard work, and an important part of how effective you were considered as a manager was your ability to guide and develop those more junior to you, a metric I felt aligned the individual manager's growth with the firm's strategic priorities.
Cons: Long hours, not great pay, and a glass ceiling on the career aspirations of those not in a line-facing role were the key reasons it wasn't an ideal place to stay for me.