Company: PwC
Date: 2013-04-10
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Good entry level position
Pros: Good way to get experience coming out of school and get your CPA license.  Just finished my second year, but looking to leave for something non-accounting.  Certainly a lot of opportunities within the firm, but I have no interest in becoming a controller or a director of financial reporting one day.  I've advanced my Excel skills and learned how to adapt to a corporate environment with LOTS of red tape.  If you want to move to a different city/country, the opportunities are there.
Cons: You experience can very GREATLY depending on your market, line of service, and most importantly the people who you work for/with.  If you get stuck on a terrible client with terrible managers/partners, you probably won't last too long.  Get on a client/team that's organized and you can probably stomach it for a while.  You really need to fit into the box if you're going to succeed in the audit practice.  There's no time for innovation or to challenge old ideas.  The mentality is "just get it done."  Which is pretty much true for all Big 4/accounting departments.  I guess at the end of the day working for PwC helped me realize that I have ZERO interest in continuing to practice accounting.