Deloitte Reviews in Boston, MA Area

Pros

Flexibility
Time off
Smart people
Work from home
Community Service

Cons

Salary
Promotions
Growth opportunities for non-client service
Lack of proper resources - stretched thin

Advice to Senior Management

Hire more non-client service people to support the business and partners and pay them better.

Pros

Good exposure to many different areas of tax
Access to resources across the country
Abiltiy to move around either locations or departments if desired

Cons

Long hours
Expectation of not take PTO

Advice to Senior Management

Better work-life balance needed. Lots of people have been leaving for more money and less hours elsewhere

Pros

Allow accelerated growth if you work hard, but don't push you out of if you need to ease off the breaks
Very supportive of family issues - very impressive
Broad network of smart colleagues. College hires (undergrad and MBA) are particularly impressive.

Cons

Very obsessed with titles - world divided into Partners and Peons
Tout ample training - but never mention how poor the quality of the training is (or that it's mandatory, above and beyond the long hours spent on productive work)
At the end of the day, you are graded on your contribution to company "firm building" activities - not based on the value you actually provide clients.

Advice to Senior Management

"Valuing your Employees" means allowing your employees to have some say in how they develop - not forcing 40 hours of useless, poor quality mandatory training per year. Keep being supportive of individuals who have one-off family/personal issues - it's probably the #1 reason for loyalty to the company.

Pros

6 weeks paternity leave
Breadth of capabilities

Cons

Pay is less than top tier consulting companies
Not a true meritocracy......driven by who you know rather than work you do
'Advisory' work limits ability to build depth

Pros

Deloitte has a good reputation among its peers and clients. Management is competent. Employees are well paid. There are various volunteer events for giving back to the community.

Cons

The hours are long. Staff (lower than senior level) do not receive bonus compensation for performance during the year. Mentor program could use improvement.

Advice to Senior Management

Staff engagements in the most efficient way possible. Be sure not to overburden those below you. Burnt-out employees are not working at their best.

Pros

Deloitte is a great company when it comes to career development and opportunities for professional growth and advancement. They also offer great benefits including a 401K and a pension. The health and dental insurance are also really good- my co-pays are always surprisingly low.

Cons

There is no work-life balance here. You are expected to work overtime, all the time. We get 5 weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year, but every hour of PTO you take counts against your performance rating because it means that a smaller percentage of your time can be billed to the client.

Pros

great reputation, flexible work choices, travel, I feel like I truely control my own career, smart people

Cons

can be long hours, competition level is high because there are so many smart people

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to work on work-life balance. Strides have been made, but please don't think that we are there yet.

Pros

-Great people - a lot of fun to be around
-Good name if you're looking to take a staff accounting role elsewhere
-Clear path to move your way up the line

Cons

-Work as audit staff can be VERY monotonous
-Busy season is brutal

Pros

Big company, opportunity for growth, international opportunities, Decent salaries and benefits relative to industry. Fun young coworkers with lots of things going on outside of the office to meet them.

Cons

Sometimes the hours can be pretty long. They give you lots of vacation days, but in a lot of cases, you cannot take it. It is possible to get pigeon holed with a specialization and a newly promoted person in the position above you.

Advice to Senior Management

Make sure you do your best to let people work in the areas that they want, if possible. When a worker gets stuck in an industry they don't enjoy, they are likely to leave. Also, try to go easy on the hours!

Pros

Opportunities to network, train and grow as a professional are excellent. High quality work force.

Cons

Hard to strike a balance between work, travel and personal life. One needs to be really driven to be successful!

Advice to Senior Management

Make the environment a bit less stressful/intense.