Company: Deloitte
Date: 2021-05-21
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

At Deloitte, Whatever They Say They Value is What They Punish in Fact
Pros: Salaries are good, and you won't have to be bothered by things like human relationships, romance, or family, because you will have no opportunity whatever to pursue any of those old-fashioned things. You may as well tell your family right now that you won't be home for the holidays. Or weekends. Or very likely retirement, because you're not going to live that long.
Cons: As a transfer pricing senior manager in the Tysons, VA offices of Deloitte, I found myself immersed in a toxic culture of aloofness, narcissism, paranoia, and despair. The partners generally appear to hate one another, and treat each other as rivals. One in particular suffers obvious symptoms of mental disturbance, most likely narcissistic personality disorder. (Example: Her standard engagement letter actually includes braggadocio about her years as a Ph.D. student and her professional awards. What striking insecurity!) More generally, there is an endless rhetorical barrage about the importance of expressing honest disagreement and respect for diversity of opinion. That is nothing but institutional gaslighting. They are trying to get you to deny the reality that the only way to succeed is to agree with management, no matter how unethical, disrespectful, or ignorant their decisions might be.