Company: PwC
Date: 2016-06-28
Overall rating: 1/5
Employment status: former

Senior Associate
Pros: The only reason anyone would ever be swayed to work at PwC is that the firm placates its employee with frequent drinking events. However this apparent perk is really just in place to help its consultants realize that the 60+ hours they work each week is somehow fair.
The PwC name, thanks to ta and assurance is relatively strong, I was able to leverage this into a new position, that I am far happier at.
Cons: Where do I start...
1. Below market pay, low bonuses
2. Lack of information on promotion, not merit based rather it is based on how much deck you suck
3. Vacation days are actually counted against your ultization, the only metric that actually matters for your career
4. Leadership only seeks to improve their own conditions, they lie about caring about any of their people
5. Unethical practices, such as billing clients in unfair manors, often they list staff as one position higher in order to get a hire hourly rate assessed to the client.
6. You will be asked to falsify data, partners usually tell the teams at the beginning of an engagement what the desired result should be. It is up to the team to obscure or create false reports to back up these statements.
7. Lack of adherence to any company policies, many female coworkers are frequently sexually harassed by senior members. Unfortunately HR is powerless to address any of these issues, and the only thing they can do is roll you off a project.
8. The company has a policy that employees should charge actuals (what you work), however due to the poor reputation of the firm in the market place, we are forced to offer steep discounts on our projects. Thus teams are frequently told to charge 30-40 hours a week despite working much more. This is then used to hurt your year end rating since utilization is the only factor looked at.