Company: PwC
Date: 2014-07-15
Overall rating: 5/5
Employment status: current

The real deal
Pros: PwC professionals care about their co-workers and PwC's corporate policies allows that to make a difference.  There is a top-down focus on flexibility and what that means to each employee and team.  No man is an island, so arrangements that are made (telecommuting, flex time, etc) need to work for all parties involved, but PwC wants employees to be balanced, and thus, stay with the firm.  The work is exciting, the culture is innovative, and at the end of the day, you feel like you work for the best of the best and that somehow that company really likes you too.  Hard work is applauded although success is expected.  You want to work hard in a place like this.
Cons: Hours can be long in client facing roles.  Growth opportunities for internal firm services staff do exist, but require more patience, networking and finesse to obtain.  Large company structure can mean red tape at times.  Treat these cons with a 15% weight - the pro's outweigh them by far.