PricewaterhouseCoopers Reviews in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Area

Pros

It is a place to be proud of and everyone recognizes the name. Many companies hiring look for big four experience.

Cons

There are a lot of long hours. It is hard to maintain work-life balance, even though leadership gives it their best effort. It's just a tough industry.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep doing what you are doing and coming up with good ideas to make PwC a great place to work.

Pros

prestige of company, resume gold, great learning experience, high standards, independence, flexibility as needed

Cons

busy-season feels like a jail sentence (but that is big 4), reviews can be subjective...it's who you know...

Advice to Senior Management

pay us more

Pros

Name recognition. If you have PwC on your resume, you are pretty much golden in the market place. The longer you stay and take the abuse, the more you make in the long run.

Cons

The abuse, the hours, not being appreciated for all of the hard work that you put in. It becomes expected that you will not have a life during large periods throughout the year.

Advice to Senior Management

Hire appropriately. HR should not be surprised when people leave in the summer / early fall since it happens EVERY year. Hire a few extra for once so that we aren't killing ourselves and can actually have that "work / life balance" that you keep on touting.

Pros

Great opportunity to meet different people with various experiences. For the most part, people are hard working. Due to working long hours, there is a flexibility in schedule available.

Cons

Not enough resources. if you don't work directly with a partner or manager, you don't grow and no coaching. It can get tiring after while.The engagements you are on can make a significant difference. Some are good some are awful. The best are selected based on who they work for and how well trained they are. I have met some best rated people that are truly exceptional, but the firm invests in them and then I meet people with potential but are not even given the opportunity.

Advice to Senior Management

Spend same amount of time with each person you have on payroll. It's easy to stay and feel comfortable with the same people but think about what is that doing to that other person that is trying hard for you but has no even opportunity to learn or to shine.

Pros

*Looks great on resume
*Learning every day
*Surrounded by very smart and professional people
* Mobility
*A lot of training
* Fully paid Backer CPA course plus bonus if passed

Cons

*Work, work, work and no life at all. Firm has no respect for personal life, expect you work 25 hours a day
*Compensation is very low compare to hours and work we do

Advice to Senior Management

Care about your staff because work they do makes you look good or bad in front of your clients

Pros

The best about working in PwC is the training and resources offered. You are always learning and that helps you become a better professional.

Cons

Working at PricewaterhouseCoopers is consuming. You have to forget about your personal life and only focus on your job. The overtime you work is enormous and you do not get compensated for it. It is a very demanding job, in which you are expected to go beyond and above what you can handle, until you realize you do not have any more life, other than your work. Since this has become part of the corporate culture, every one works on the same standards. You become a slave of the corporate system.

Advice to Senior Management

I think, management should start rewarding employees according to their performance and hours worked. In addition, management should reduce the hours employee have to work, most employees do not need to be in the office for long hours, the problem is that managers and directors usually are consumed by work, so the rest of the team has to be there or it would not look good. I think if the expectation is to have workaholics, then make budget for a fair compensation.

Pros

Good pay, nice working environment, people are generally nice to you, you can easily make good connections for your future job

Cons

you have to work long hours throughout the year, sometimes your team mates could be very hard to work with

Advice to Senior Management

respect

Pros

World wide recognition and prestige. You can found work anywera after leaving the Firm.

Cons

long working days. No work / life balance

Advice to Senior Management

More balance is needed, not everithing in life is work. We need to spend time with the family

Pros

Its the largest accounting firm that global in size

Cons

the long hours daily and weekends

Advice to Senior Management

more structured in the work day

Pros

Their good clients, if you have enough political clout to get to work for the ones you want. However, be prepared to work in insurance or some othr crappy industry.

Cons

For the hours worked, this must be the sweat shop of the 21st century. I will not go into great detail here, as I have spoken enough about the firm on numerous other sites. That said, I have never met such a large number of backstabbing clones with an arrogant attitude. You either fit into the social fabric of the firm’s culture, or you are pretty much dead. The management of people at the firm is seriously lacking. Do not expect to be treated as a human being if you have a problem with a co-worker. Most importantly, the politics at PwC is beyond anything I ever could have imagined. It is in-your-face and accepted at all levels of the organization. In other words, people will sell their mothers for a buck in order to get a promotion. Do not always count on your skill set to get you through the day. Come review time, that club of ole boys will rear its ugly head. Oh, and one more thing: often expect to be pigeonholed into a client or industry for almost two years before having a pick at what you want. You actually do not “build your own career” here. HR builds it for you, and if you do not like it, then try another firm. They have a 30% (being generous here) or lower retention rate, anyway...

Advice to Senior Management

Stop being hypocrites by promoting virtues of the firm that do not exist.