Company: Deloitte
Date: 2020-08-14
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Great company to start and accelerate your career, but not without sacrifices.
Pros: 1. Tremendous learning/growth compared to industry jobs; you will be years ahead of your peers not in public accounting. 
2. You will have highly specialized skills in technical accounting, financial reporting, or internal controls. This will lead you really good jobs (if you decide to leave) in CAO, Director of Accounting, Controller's office, Technical Accounting, SEC/financial reporting, or Internal Audit. If you stay and can sell business, you are on track for partners and directors.
3. Smart people, awesome leaders, and many teams you get to work with.
4. Diversity and inclusion is a key initiative; and the organization is socially conscious and responsible.
Cons: 1. You may feel pigeon-holed in accounting - your skillsets are focused in accounting. It's a bit more challenging to pursue a job in Director of Finance/FP&A/CFO positions right away.
2. Long hours (some times multiple "busy seasons" in a year due to various clients and their year-end/reporting schedule); travel (if you are in a smaller office with out of town clients to support) = even if you are supported by your team and you try your best balancing work and life, it's still a very hard battle to maintain good balance.