Company: KPMG
Date: 2014-01-09
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Tough but you learn a lot
Pros: Constant professional development from KPMG's internal business school. 
Guranteed to help you pass the exams once you put in any effort.
The other trainees make the transistion to working life easier.
The firm is very social.
Always at the forefront of accounting standards.
Cons: It's pot luck when it comes to mangers and jobs at the beginning.
The pay isn't really enough to live on for the first 2 year of the contract. Then the pay and conditions seen at manager level seem less than those in industry for the amount of work involved. Even if you wanted to stay on with the firm it would be an illogical choice.

The real career opportunities exist for people after they leave the firm.