Company: PwC
Date: 2017-07-11
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

Overall, the experience was better than what I expected
Pros: - Working at a Big 4 gives you great exposure to great clients
- PwC brand is definitely recognized even outside of accounting / audit
- Workplace offers pretty good diversity
- Opportunities are available if you perform well and the demand is there
   ex. your client undergoing different transactions - bankruptcy / IPO / M&A / LBO / divestitures
   ex. can be on track for secondment 
- Overall, the other employees you work with share similar level of intelligence / career aspirations / etc.
Cons: - Your senior / manager may not always be available to provide the exact expectation from your work whether through lack of time / knowledge / method of communication 
- Training material was too general and broad that most of the actual vocational knowledge was learned at the client site 
- This pertains to audit firms in general, but I went into audit thinking it will open up many doors to different opportunities than tax would (typically, you'd stay in tax one way or another). While this was true to some degree, I realized most of the opportunities after a Big 4 were still in the realm of accounting / reporting / internal controls / internal audit. I'm not saying those aren't good job--definitely above average jobs out there in my opinion--but didn't quite fit my  LT career goals.