Company: PwC
Date: 2015-12-13
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Risk Assurance is a good place to be
Pros: I like the people I work with, and feel like my team cares about me both professionally and personally. Good compensation for high performance. Most people emphasize doing the right thing above all. Opportunity to learn a lot. Culture emphasizes feedback, recognition, and high-quality coaching to help you progress quickly. Opportunity to take on more responsibility as you progress. Moderate flexibility in work schedule as long as your performance isn't affected. More non-traditional career paths, temporary assignments, etc. are being created within the firm, to help employees find the opportunities they want. Pretty good perks and benefits, such as earning gift cards for healthy habits, free CPA study material, student loan repayment, international assignments, sabbatical program, training, etc. PwC is a respectable firm that I feel proud to work for.
Cons: Long hours during busy season (depending on your team, you may have more than 1 busy season). Sometimes the politics become overbearing. Budgetary pressure on some engagements causes stress. Clients are a mixed-bag: some are better than others...