Company: PwC
Date: 2011-12-06
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current

Not what I expected... typical large company? You decide! (My opinions are below. Comments are not to be taken as fact)
Pros: My Opinions: 

- Career development fast track
- Compensation increases are frequent
- Great way to meet many different people at different organizations
Cons: My opinions:

- Inexperienced middle management with (for the most part) no interest in adhering to firm policy. The only thing that matters is getting the job done. 
- Management need to increase budgets for increased pressure by financial regulators. Ie: don't expect more quality work in a file if you aren't going to allocate the time to it in the budgeting process.
- For a world wide professional services firm, I expected more professionalism from junior and senior staff alike. This is like being in high school! There are frequent inter-office "scandals" and politics play a tremendous role in promotions. 
- Internal processes seem bureaucratic and needlessly painful. It is common to spend 30 minutes or more each day coding your time. Laptops are outdated and often can take 10 minutes to boot up.