Company: PwC
Date: 2014-07-30
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Not as great as you would expect from a BIG4
Pros: Work-life balance is definitely a plus: 
* telework is possible
* flexible hours
* a policy allow parents to take more holidays
Cons: The remuneration package is not competitive. The HR practices are old-fashioned: e.g. automatic pay increase instead of based on performance. Recognition does not exist.
The company is very silo-based: different policies accross Audit, Risk Assurance, Consulting and Tax. Very local driven due to its partnership, Corporate services are unefficiently organized.
Leadership is arrogant, old and not visionary: it is a partners dictatorate.
The qualitiy of the consulting practice is not good and 10 years behind its time: no aligned strategy, no coaching, no training and development, charges exorbitant prices to clients.
Technology is a real issue: lotus notes, no knowledge mgmt sharing platform, no employee or manager self service, disparate HR, timetracking, financial systems. Very paperbased.