PricewaterhouseCoopers Reviews in Dublin, Ireland Area

Pros

Professionalism at every level. Good work output
Ethical

Cons

Silos, very streamlined eork always

Advice to Senior Management

Continue as is

Pros

Good learning experience. You get to work with many a very large companies. You get both internal and external audit experience and you have access to good support.

Cons

Poor HR policies. Poor salary and high work load. Can be very stressful. Many office politics, Poor support where issuses arise.

Advice to Senior Management

Improve partner HR relations - HR was not used properly as a function other than for recruiting. Need to praise staff more.

Pros

Great opps for career development; fantastic client base; strong learning curve...as a trainee I have access to a wide variety of clients and am getting experience in a number of different tax fields. There is very good in-house training that would stand to you in any job - classes in IT, management, communications etc.

In the Dublin Office there is a strong emphasis on keeping everyone, even the more junior employees, informed and empowered in relation to the work they are doing. There is also much emphasis on treating people with respect and on maintaining a good work life balance. Excellent staff facilities- gym, restaurant etc.

Cons

Sometimes I feel that there is too much emphasis on internal processes- chargeable hours, appraisal meetings, time-consuming internal training sessions etc - often these things can distract you from the job you are trying to do and can lead to a sense of distraction and lack of focus on client work.

The emphasis on chargeable hours in particular, is very destructive- pitting colleague against colleague in what is essentially a very subjective game- one person might bill two hours for a simple letter, another would only bill half. Unfortunately though in this respect it is QUANTITY, not QUALITY, on which you are evaluated

Advice to Senior Management

I feel that senior managers could be alot more passionate about their clients and about the firm as a whole. At times I feel that some staff at higher level are merely going through the motions without any noticeable enthusiasm, committment or leadership. This trickles down to more junior staff and results in low morale firmwide, despite the fact that we have perform extremely strongly year on year and have much to be enthusiastic about!

Pros

Good solid training, sutdy leave

Cons

Too little work life balance

Advice to Senior Management

Work on work.life balance