Company: Deloitte
Date: 2017-07-10
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Hit and Miss
Pros: Great training opportunities to learn and grow, including online courses through DeloitteNet and in-person down at their national training facility in Dallas, TX called Deloitte University. The firm is also resume gold -- should a person leave the firm, he or she definitely has a leg up on his or her competitors when applying for a job.
Cons: Deloitte is a massive firm. Thus, these comments only apply to its Advisory arm for financial services clients. 

Working here is hit and miss; it all comes down to what project you are staffed on. I know folks who are on projects where there is hardly any work to do, and people are completely bored. I know folks who work on a local, 40-hours-a-week project and have a great work-life balance. And I know folks who travel every week, work 50+ hours, and are completely overwhelmed. I have worked with really great teams, and I have worked with miserable teams. It varies drastically sometimes by project. 

With that said, though, the means by which staff are placed onto projects within Advisory is fundamentally broken. There is no open platform from which staff can look at project openings at the firm. One is solely reliant on their Resource Manager to place them on a project (a process which is 90% behind the scenes). Some folks build a strong network within the firm, and drive their own ship when it comes to getting placed onto projects. But these people are highly extroverted and love networking, and do not represent the normal employee here. 

Overall, the most disappointing part of working here is to look into people’s eyes and see that their passion for life has faded. So many Managers and Senior Managers leave their kids (sometimes newborn babies) to travel across the country. People sit hunched over their laptops for 8+ hours a day immersed in stress. Folks are doing work that they don’t care about. 

Before you work in Advisory, you need to be 100% certain of your day-to-day job responsibilities. I was lied to during my hiring and training, and after 3 years I am still paying the price.