Company: Deloitte
Date: 2014-01-02
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Senior

Deloitte has some great pros but cons as well
Pros: There are good benefits and very talented people to work with.  The salaries are, to the best of my knowledge, within the current market.  The train their people for the work they need to do. They work on the "bleeding" edge of technology.  There are options for one-off "good job" awards as long as those who are authorized to grant them are looking.  There are options for partial telecommuting which contributes to work/life balance.
Cons: There is a good share of red tape to work through.  Often there is a disconnect between management over different teams which has a negative impact on the cohesion that teams could have. Every year or two there is a reorganization so there is always a need to be prepared for the next job. Of the benefits of work/life balance and telecommuting, it is only as good as the manager you work for and is at their discretion to grant/deny/remove those options. It can be VERY frustrating to layout the best possible implementation/technology plan but have to implement a "less than best choice" because management just wants it that way but if you can live with that.  "best place to work" awards do not seem to include the IT staff.  US\UK base staff often have to carry the load of non-US\UK staff even though work is supposed to be offloaded to them so they can focus on other more complex tasks.