Company: PwC
Date: 2015-01-16
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Strong brand name, challenging environment and steep learning curve
Pros: As for any company, there are significant differences across the departments. This review concerns only the Advisory/Consulting practice. 

- Stimulating and challenging environment, steep learning curve
- Some very smart colleagues
- Allows to develop extensively both technical and soft skills
- Collaboration with international offices, possible mobility to other offices
- Exposure to C's suite and most prestigious clients - opportunity to get quickly high responsibilities
- Excellent exit opportunities
Cons: - As for any BIG 4, working hours are volatile and can be very long
- Compensation is interesting only at the Partner level
- They tend to focus on your weak areas rather than further developing your strengths
- Smartest and best people are the first to leave 
- The Audit mentality has sadly too much influence on the Advisory culture
- In Luxembourg, there is a regrettable culture (inspired by the Audit) systematically blaming the junior staff 
- Many Partners have a too high self esteem, think they are necessarily right in any condition