Company: PwC
Date: 2016-11-18
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former

Auditor
Pros: Great office with seating with best views (facing windows) reserved for non senior employees. Unfortunately no permanent seatings and can be reserved for 2 days max.
Dining facilities at headquarters were clean, offered diverse food.
Online training programs available for different subject matters and freely accessible.
Regular networking activities that allows people to meet other professionals across industries and functions.
Good accessibility to mentors and senior staff.
Cons: Hours worked and substantive knowledge learned (aside from Excel) not commensurate with pay.
Focus is on DOING (creating pretty spreadsheets), understanding on how to make best / high value added audits reserved for most senior in team.
Public accounting / audit track NOT AT ALL recommended for career changers w management experience / with graduate degrees / MBAs, who seek to make immediate and concrete impact on company / clients worked on.
Very much a slave shop atmosphere - especially if you're international   / diversity hire (Big 4 target to keep costs low) as some of my colleagues have been
"Stick" rather than "carrot" approach to incentives and management style.
Busy season (long hours a few months a year) can be year long for people who are rotated across different clients.
Company (like most Big 4) sells candidates on lower salary but higher incremental increase after certain years - the fact is  retention is low and most people leave after 2 years.
Big Brother mentality pervasive - cellphones and laptops are monitored reflecting high control, less trusting of employees ability to manage time.