Company: KPMG
Date: 2020-05-31
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: former
Experience level: Junior

A lot more good than bad
Pros: - Engaged, driven people
- Considerable variety in your work based on which engagement you are on
- Amazing perks, although those have taken a hit with covid
- The organization's overall response to covid, so far, has been a model other companies should aspire to - deep, thorough communication, and the cutting out of bonuses and perks before actually letting people go. Partners took a financial hit along with everyone else.
Cons: - Your mileage in terms of being surrounded all day by consultants may vary. I, personally, ended up developing some pretty deep bonds with co-workers, but it is the case that I also heard more bragging about awards statuses for airlines and complaining about the annual summer gift than I need for the rest of my life. People are aggressive, and that can be a good thing and a bad thing and sometimes both. 
- I loved all of the engagements I worked on, with the exception of one, which was completely spoiled not by the client, but by other KPMG consultants. The core on-the-ground leadership was rude, they drove everyone else on the team away, and they were very bad at their jobs. However, they made money, and were thought of as excellent in their jobs because of it. It is the case that there are bad co-workers everywhere, but the nature of working on a client site with little oversight from executive leadership makes it particularly painful when you do. 
- A lot of the work really is just finding a way to make work fit one of many, many 4-phased models and then convincing the client you're innovating