Company: PwC
Date: 2020-05-29
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

The firm itself is great, but your team could be bad!
Pros: 1) Definitely a great career starting point for fresh grads, which allows you to explore the public accounting world and gain professional knowledge. 
2) Robust growth opportunities (only applicable if your team likes you)
3) A good looking CV meaning potential great exit ops.
4) Network. You would get to meet some great folks here.
5) Flexibility (depends on how your team carries it though).
6) Fairly competitive compensation/benefits.
Cons: 1) Firm's core values doesn't mean the team delivers it the same way.
2) Toxic team culture. You might bump into a really bad team and have a miserable work life every day. (I witnessed a guy who quit within two months after being employed, I still don't think it's the staff's issues as of today.) 
3) 100 hours per week during busy season is an norm. The length of busy season and the amount of hours depends on your team. I know some people on my team literally enjoy the busy time, I personally don't. The promotion of "Be Well Work Well" is a joke. Some of my peers could easily continuously on busy season mode for most part of the year, tell me how to be well in that situation while you have no WLB, facing a bunch of folks who don't really value your existence.
4) Bad start on the team means you're pretty much screw over, good luck if your senior is not helpful. And get ready to pack if she/he doesn't like you for some reasons. 
5) Your personal life issues wouldn't be considered as part of your performance even though they look like they care at first. In fact, they expect you to be robots, no emotion, nothing would interrupt your work even if you're sick, they won't take into account that this might impact your quality of work because you're a robot, which shouldn't be affected by anything in your personal life.
6) The firm has an inclusive culture doesn't mean your team is inclusive. Last year I seek out for mental advice because I could not feel myself anymore.
7) No tolerance for mistakes, you're expected to be perfect.
8) Favoritism. Get ready to wear that mask if you're not an natural of complimenting your boss to get an easier life at work.