Company: Deloitte
Date: 2019-09-28
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current
Experience level: Confirmed

Have to play to the game to succeed
Pros: Some really good and knowledgeable people. Great available opportunities across skill sets and industries. Great occasional fringe benefits.
Cons: Definitely not a 40 hr/wk job. Even if your hours are limited on a project you will be expected to pick up additional billable work elsewhere in order to meet utilization (billable) targets. Making utilization often means working an average of 50 - 55 hr/wk and/or not taking PTO (which is forfeited the year following that in which it was earned). Additionally you are expected to contribute to "firm initiatives" which can range from recruiting to "eminence" (drafting white papers, publishing articles, etc) to facilitating trainings to working on proposal efforts.  Time spent on firm initiative is outside of and on top of your billable hours required to meet utilization.