Company: PwC
Date: 2011-01-20
Overall rating: 2/5
Employment status: current

Learned a lot, but too many hours.  I work to live, not live to work like some people at the firm.
Pros: Learn a great amount in a short period of time.  Ability to meet lots of different people.  Ability to have an inside look on how multiple companies run their accounting & finance departments.  Many offices around the world.
Cons: Most people are workaholics and rarely respect work-life balance.  Even though some people try to respect work-life balance, the culture makes it so that it is impossible to allow for work-life balance.  To get promoted only requires putting in the time.  A lot of management positions are held by people that have poor management and communication skills; sometimes even poor technical accounting skills.  Training offered by the firm is never exceptionally stellar.  Ability to transfer limited, particularly during the downturn (away from the San Jose office).  The firm only offers people better clients or requests when the employee considers leaving.