Company: Deloitte
Date: 2009-08-31
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former

Great place to begin your career!
Pros: Having worked at Deloite for over five years, it has provided me valuable experiences, both professionally and personally.  I learned a tremendous amount from highly intelligent coworkers and was able to advance my career much more than if I had an industry job.  I was able to control the types of projects, clients and industries I was exposed to and was able to continually add to my skillset to the extent that I wanted.  I was pushed outside my comfort zone and grew as a result.  I gained exposure to upper management within our clients early in my career.  I also had access to lots of continuing education and induatry/company tools.  There are a long of additional programs to take advantage of within the company - from the Women's Initiative to the Black Employee Network to Team for Kids NYC Marathon team.  Management really pushes work/life balance and generally you can take advantage of it with the above average days of time off however you had to watch when you took that time off.  Overall, I would recommend Deloitte as an excellent place to enhance one's career.
Cons: Because of the opportunity for career advancement you really have to pay your dues.  This may be working 55+ hours during "busy season" to learning "on the job".  The benefits were decent - t he healthcare plan I had was great but the 401K match was less than standard.  The salary seemed to be lower than other Big 4's.  On the consulting side - DC and ERS it seemed to be more cut throat in terms of business development the higher I went but I still felt a genuine concern as an individual.  There is certainly a fair share of spin and corporate-type BS but looking back I would still work there again.  This is not a place for people who want the status quo or are looking for a paycheck.