PricewaterhouseCoopers Reviews in New York City, NY Area

Pros

cutting edge, excellent knowledge sharing, good colleagues, fun, great exposure to high profile clients, good though leadership and training opportunities

Cons

work life balance was not a high priority
too much travel with the assumption that an employee can always be available
timely feedback not sufficient

Pros

Upward Mobility. Fair management. Good Community.

Cons

Attrition quickly straight out of college.

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to help staff grow.

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

The Pricewaterhousecoopers cachet is unparalleled. Great place to start off your career and and get resume protection. Get your first job here if for no other reason.

Cons

The transaction services strategy is completely disorganized, if there is one at all. There's not enough work to go around, my entire start class is demoralized after being hired for something we're not actually going to do, and with more new kids starting in the fall, it's madness.

Advice to Senior Management

Work life balance is a joke. The three year promotion schedule is a joke. We are the only big four to promote in three years, and thus losing talent to the other three.

Pros

Highly professional working environment
Opportunity to learn with industry thought leaders...the best of the best
Strong culture of team work and information sharing

Cons

Very long work hours
Inability to disconnect during vacation time

Pros

Team spirit
Opportunities to upgrade skills

Cons

Lower market share in the ERP space
Promotions to higher management is long drawn

Advice to Senior Management

Be aware about the competition
Encourage employees to look for opportunities within the firm

Pros

- flexibility in schedule and places to work from
- fairness of the review process
- ability to learn outside of your expertise area and grow professionally
- great staff benefits and perks
- extra days off during holidays

Cons

- lack of structure in onboarding process
- lots of misfit placements based on project demands vs associate/senior assoc skills
- mentoring with the senior management rarely works due to their heavy work schedules so getting one on one time is challenging to say the least

Advice to Senior Management

- spend more time on finding better fitting projects for associates/senior associates based on their skill set and not purely on headcount need

Pros

There are a lot of opportunities to volunteer.

Cons

My irritation is at Diamond Advisory Services and not at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a whole.

Advice to Senior Management

Management at Diamond Advisory Services should at least pretend that favoritism does not dictate the treatment of employees.

Pros

Ability to work on a variety of clients and a chance early on to interact with clients and manage people.

Cons

Work/Life balance is very difficult to achieve and overall performance recognition is sometimes difficult to achieve due to the review process.

Pros

Work environment and benefits are the at pwc. Post work connections are great! The pay is soso compared to other big 4. Great opportunities come your way when you leave.

Cons

Long hours are always going to be present. Once in a while you have a bad team that doesn't like to talk or a senior that doesn't know much.

Advice to Senior Management

Management does a great job at communicating to the rest if the employees.