Company: PwC
Date: 2017-12-12
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Junior

Risk Assurance
Pros: If you are interested in a cross between IT and accounting, the Risk Assurance line of service is appealing as it exposes you to a lot of clients across a variety of industries. The trainings the firm provides are largely theoretical and not practical at all, but they also provide a good background knowledge.
Cons: The 401(k) match isn't the best. You really have to be in charge of your career, in the sense that it pays to make friends with good managers and be booked on their projects. Otherwise, you'll be picked up on whatever project is available that no one else wanted to be on. The work itself can be incredibly mind-numbing, but for those generally interested in the work, I can see how it would be interesting. One aspect of certain engagements is that oftentimes you aren't involved in an engagement from start to finish, so you don't really get the whole "so what" of the engagement and any satisfaction from your output. Hours are truly random, there are a lot of downtimes, but too much of that will result in a poor review.