Company: Deloitte
Date: 2018-07-26
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

Can be wonderful- All depends on your management
Pros: Deloitte has very good benefits and places emphasis on work/life balance. For Managers and above you get 5 weeks PTO. For women this is an excellent employer as they have generous mat leave benefits. Men are also accorded parental leave. Deloitte acknowledges non-traditional families so partners of the LGBT community are eligible for benefits.  Lately the firm has been shutting down completely from Christmas Day to New Year's to allow practitioners to completely unplug and recharge sans guilt. When the firm exceeds it's targets all practitioners receive an extra treat like a $500 Gift Card in addition to annual bonuses.
Cons: Depending on your management team things can be tricky. Some Managers encourage working from home and insist that you take all your allocated PTO while some especially in the Consulting arena are most concerned with billable hours and give short shrift to work/life balance.  I would encourage anyone considering employment with the firm to be upfront during the interview phase and let them know if you need to leave at 3:00PM each day for kiddie pick up. Many managers are willing to work with you on your schedule as long as the job gets done at the end of the day and an you are reachable when needed. As a working mother with young kids I was able to negotiate my schedule to work around my kids needs.
As a firm under the jurisdiction of the SEC 401K options can be limited. We cannot invest in a firm we audit so playing the Mega Lotto is verboten.