Company: Deloitte
Date: 2018-05-16
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Audit Assistant
Pros: Great Benefits, PTO and networking opportunities. Deloitte is a great place to start your career and build a network. During training, you'll meet individuals from other offices. The camaraderie is a truly amazing aspect of having the experience of working with your start class of 70 or so other individuals your age.
Cons: Although the PTO is fantastic, you do need to book it pretty far in advance - sometimes 6-8 months out because once you're put on a client, it's difficult to get rotated off to go on a trip. Everyone is well aware of the hours, but be prepared that you may be put on a busy season client in the summer or fall. Make sure to communicate with management is this happens to avoid being put on busy season clients year round. Some of my colleagues got unlucky schedules their first years and had little to no time to get their CPA done.  It's relatively hard to switch from one service line to another. For example, it is difficult to switch into advisory if you are in audit. Therefore, if you think you want to do advisory/M&A/Consulting, then you should start in one of those practices from the beginning.