Deloitte – “Attach yourself toa staffing mgr or risk losing your job”

Pros

1. strong brand, especially in Canada and the US.
2. Great networking opportunities with clients and staff
3. Competitive pay package

Cons

1. A Situation that is all too common, busy season for 8 months and no work for 4 months but in many instances you can find yourself on the beach unless you pander to the staffing manager
2. very little professional development or training, expectation that you will be perfect from the very beginning and not ask too many questions
3. very high turnover rate, whole groups disappear
4. office politics to the maximum. Having worked in a variety of offices and environments I have yet to see such blatant disregard for conflicts of interest, influenced terminations and overall poor talent recognition
5. very little communication between management and staff, most directives are forced down from partners and mgrs to seniors and staff accountants
6. difficulty transferring between groups, generally speaking only audit and tax have any openings
7. a tendancy amongst mgrs to force staff to reduce billable hours to make budgets.

Advice to Senior Management

Addressing some of the cons would take too long but here's a summary:
1. Make staff assignment based on ability and experience as opposed to how well you know your staffing mgr
2. encourage communication between employees and partners
3. don't advertise cross-functional experience and training if it isn't actually available at the firm