Company: Deloitte
Date: 2011-01-04
Overall rating: 3/5
Employment status: current

Great place to launch a career, provides A+  training/opportunities to junior people, but not a place to stay long-term.
Pros: PTO is great at Deloitte, people in my sector generally start off with 20-25 days. Medical, dental and vision are very competitive. The caliber of my coworkers is top-notch. With a big name like Deloitte you get the opportunity to do some great work for some top name clients. They have a very well developed standards of practice, which will make you a better consultant, auditor or whichever profession you may be. It can be very exciting and personally rewarding. The firm is clearly dedicated to longterm growth. Deloitte looks great on a resume; I get contacted by our competitors at least once a quarter asking if I'm in the market for a new job.
Cons: Hours are long, very long, and expectations are high, very high. Salary is competitive but not what I would consider to be great with the quality of the people and work they do; not to mention all the additional firm contributions that are expected from the staff. It's hard to distinguish yourself in such a large firm when excellence is considered the standard. To get a rating of 1 at Deloitte you have to TRULY excel in a number of areas all at once. And by excel I mean make the partners A LOT of money. While they give you more than enough PTO, taking it is another story all together. All are factors, which I feel, contribute to the relatively high turnover in the firm. You can definitely make partner or director at Deloitte but you may or may not remember your kids’ names. Also, the 401K  is so- so and the pension is a joke.