PricewaterhouseCoopers Reviews

Pros

Ability to work in a constantly changing environment allowing for a variety of experiences in a relatively short period.

Cons

Lack of consistent leadership through the firm. There are a lot of managers but less true leaders or a good combination of both.

Pros

Variety of work assignments, good compensation and benefits, flexibility to telecommute

Cons

like other big 4 firms, it's hit or miss with the quality of the people. It can be embarrassing when a team member asks a client a question for which he/she should already know the answer; or openly disagrees with you in front of a client.

Advice to Senior Management

First rate people hire first rate people, second rate people hire third rate people!

Pros

- opportunities to work on a team
- face to face interaction with Partners and Seniors in the firm
- compensation and bonuses
- longevity and knowledge of PwC employees

Cons

- competitive culture
- independent based tasks
- many employees are focused on CPA
- career path is pretty direct in this industry as a whole

Advice to Senior Management

As an intern, I received great feedback on my accomplishments. I applaud PwC for their direct contact with all team members at different levels.

Pros

Big name, boosts your resume.

Cons

Less salary, lot of travelling if a consultant

Advice to Senior Management

Please be more lineant on the work hour schedule

Pros

corporate culture, compansation package, value to employees

Cons

audit dominance, work life balance

Pros

- Excellent work environment
- Partners show that they care for employees
- Partners give honest feedback about your strengths and weaknesses
- Excellent opportunity to have all round development
- Lots of focus on networking

Cons

- Strong partnership hold...they dont want to collaborate until they benefit . They talk about "One firm" only if they get to benefit.
- people from corporate cultures might find it difficult
- Too much audit focused

Advice to Senior Management

Make it more consulting focused. Partners are still very much audit focused. I keep hearing that PwC is the only Big 4 which still has a lot of audit focus compared to KPMG, Deloitte or EY.

Pros

good place to begin your career but not after that

Cons

no work life balance, make you work like a dog

Pros

The flexible working hours make it work around my personal commitments

Cons

orking long hours in comparison to the pay

Pros

Support for career development is very good, opportunities to travel abroad on international assignments are easy to get if you want them. Excellent holidays and benefits.

Cons

Pay is average for the industry and you won't be getting banker-style bonuses. The organization can be very political and its important to get a good network within the firm to progress.

Pros

grow in professional knowledge. easy to find opportunities to work globally. great international environment. average high salary. easy exit to other industry.

Cons

narrow promotion path. not well organised human resource policy. partnership which makes organisation management system a bit loose and less clear.

Advice to Senior Management

keep the global and international environment to the employees and offer better compensation. Create more clear and organised human resource system.