Pros

Working With very smart people
Foreign mobility
Work Life Balance is ok

Cons

Long Hours
Salary is not great
Difficult to get a promotion

Advice to Senior Management

Take care of your good people and show the rest the door.

Pros

There are many good chances to learn. The managers (who have since left) are all good people who are excellent guides.

Cons

The company will work you to your death, and move on to fresher fresh graduates at a low once you are dry.

Advice to Senior Management

The management should really consider hiring some middle management with actual skills. Had my share of middle management who delegates and delegates but never did do their share of work.

Pros

Top professional sevices firm and the brand is well recognised and respected.
Given lot of time off to study for qualifications, even if that time is quite intense.
As an auditor you will receive a remarkable level of responsibility and exposure to clients from day one.
You are encouraged to take on more complex work if you show yourself to be capable and willing. That said you'll have to do the basic stuff first.
Typically people start to enjoy it during their second year as they get more resposnibility and start to really understand how the pieces of the puzzle fit together.
There are a lot of opportunities to get involved in firm wide activities.

Cons

Really poor atmosphere. A lot of people feel duped into joining as they are sold this dynamic career with 'unparalleled exposure' to interesting clients and industries etc etc. In reality you tend to churn through clients accounts in a cramped office, spend a lot of time travelling and deal with a lot of unhelpful client staff.
Can feel like you are just serving your time and waiting for the 3 years to be up.
Very few people stay after the 3 years. Only two from my group are still there.
The work is generally repetitive and boring in the first year.

Advice to Senior Management

Realise that you have a serious retention problem and plugging the gap with mid level hires from smaller firms or secondees from other offices is a poor solution.
Greater interaction between senior/partner level and junior levels. People will stay if they feel that they are more connected with management.
Pay bigger bonuses. You only have to throw someone a few grand and they will be delighted.

Pros

There are a lot of young professionals. There is a great push to get your CPA. The Company focuses on continued learning.

Cons

Given the change in the economy, the compensation doesn't match the hours work and the type of work performed when you are a Senior.

Advice to Senior Management

There is not much advice to say as I believe the Company is an outstanding place to start your career.

Pros

Deloitte is one of the Big 4 and it looks great on your resume. They also offer a fairly decent benefits package.

Cons

It is an extremely negative and stressful work environment, where diversity is not respected. I am not sure how they consistently end up on the best place to work lists.

Advice to Senior Management

I believe management needs to consider the needs of individuals at all levels in the organization. For the most part, the initiatives that are offered only benefit the client service/professional staff.

Pros

I have learned tons of things out of my internship experience, people were helpful and the job itself was a lot of work!

Cons

travel long hours, staying in hotel for a long time, not get to be with my family, working with computer all the time

Advice to Senior Management

people deserve a better pay I think. this job is a lot of work, we need more incentive to work hard

Pros

The only reason I would recommend, is that the salary is competitive. That being said, you can get a public accounting salary at any of the Big 4 or mid tier. You should consider other options.

Cons

Questionable business practices, especially in human resources. Poor staffing decisions, and inability of management to communicate effectively across the organization.

Advice to Senior Management

Consider changing and improving your hiring practices to avoid undue harm to prospective employees (with job offers extended) who relied on your word and "contract" for employment. I hate to use the cliche, but treat them how you would like to be treated...with RESPECT.

Pros

Deloitte is a good place to start your career. You will gain experience in a lot of industries, work with a lot of different people, and be give more responsibility than at other companies.

Cons

The ability to branch and do what you want to further your career can be limited, though it is said that it isn't limited.

Advice to Senior Management

Management does a good job of looking to the future of its business, trying to position itself for growth opportunities.

Pros

The office facilities were extremely nice.

Cons

Bad people who are only concerned with meeting their bottom line. Partners and Principles are egotist and could care less about their employees. Employees were "thrown under the bus" when something went wrong so the partners would not look bad in front of the client. It is all about making the client happy, even if that means not supporting the consultants for making the right decision.

Advice to Senior Management

Support your employees when they make a difficult decision instead of using them as a scape goat only to make the client happy.

Pros

If you are willing to put in the time and effort, you wil be reward. If you are smart, and able to learn, that ability will be appropriately compensated.

Cons

The expectations on employees are sometimes unreasonable. While work life balance is stressed in all their "propaganda", it is not necessarily practiced as well as they believe.

Advice to Senior Management

Strive to put realistic expectations on staff. While we realize that hours might sometimes be demanded, make sure that the effort is recognized and appropriately compensated.