Company: KPMG
Date: 2015-10-08
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Great place to start a Career, but...
Pros: KPMG is a great company to have on your resume. The name of the company itself is enough credibility to assure for many future opportunities to come. The company is great in terms of many factors; Benefits, Time-off (Personal, Vacation), Flex Time etc. Great work life balance, I can't recall a time where I stayed for over-time, but that's also because my department was not client facing. People generally are professional, friendly, and easy to get along with.
Cons: The pay is much lower compared to what is being on the marketplace. Promotions are extremely rigid and take a very, VERY long time. There is a HR policy which many will not be aware of until hired into the company. There are job levels which you need to follow consecutively (i.e.. if you are a level 5, there is no moving to level 7, only to level 6). Unfortunately some departments will have one level but not the next (ie. you are a level 5, there is no level 6 but there is a level 7), which in affect restricts promotions until you transfer out of your department or a new position is created (don't count on that). So much for being a company which fosters career growth...