Company: KPMG
Date: 2008-06-11
Overall rating: 4/5
Employment status: current

KPMG is a great place to work, but you will fight for work-life balance
Pros: KPMG invests heavily in professional development, including training for technical and soft skills.  Projects provide individuals with experience that is valued in the marketplace.  Senior managers and Directors (not partners) have more flexibility in their schedules than the staff.  Benefits are good and in-line with the other Big 4 firms.
Cons: Work-life balance seems to be just lip service.  Those that achieve work-life balance are rarely rewarded at review time.  Those with no life and more than 100 percent utilization typically get much higher review ratings than those with families and kids that achieve respectable utilization.  By that same token, Senior Managers or Directors that have work-life balance are perceived as lacking passion or being lazy by the partners.  Senior Managers and Directors either move up or out after about 5 years because of this.