Company: Deloitte
Date: 2015-01-21
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Senior

Important to become valuable to the partner on a client engagement
Pros: Good news:  While excellent performance is always helpful, the way to get ahead at Deloitte is to become valuable to the partner and client.
If you get on the right project team, it can be a lot of fun and very rewarding.
Cons: Bad news:  If you become too valuable in a specific role, you can find your advancement blocked by a partner or manager who doesn't want to lose you, so research how potential managers and partners treat their staff people before you commit to a project.
Choose your starting place (function or practice) carefully, because it is very difficult to transfer internally between practices (Consulting to/from Audit/Risk) or major functions (Commercial to/from Federal)