PricewaterhouseCoopers Reviews in Singapore, Singapore Area

Pros

Some of the best reasons to work at PwC is due to the strong people culture.

Cons

Some of the downsides are the long hours.

Pros

Good people, though high turnover.
Good and flexible exposure, though depends on luck,

Cons

Bad hours and lack of respect for personal time.
Lack of inspiration/ motivation from senior management.

Advice to Senior Management

HR matters are more important to be left to HR department.
Employee motivation will be key to future success and talent retention.
The partnership/ compensation model needs to be re-assessed, as the current incentive model is partners vs. staff, not very well aligned.

Pros

Great brand, people, insight and thought leadership.

Cons

Not acting as one global firm to increase global mobility.

Advice to Senior Management

More coaching and feedback needed for professional development within all lines of service.

Pros

Flexibility in terms of working hours, probably due to the people I report to are flexible people themselves.

Cons

People are too highly regarded for their ability to "talk" rather than their work performance.

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

- Flexible working hours: as long as work is done and delivered.
- Structured progression: Unless something went wrong, progression is almost a certainty for entry-level.

Cons

- Depending on engagements, the hours can really stretch
- Bonus in this industry is less than other industry in general

Advice to Senior Management

It will be good to streamline more methodologies, instead of relying on professional judgement which can be very different at times, for the same situations.

Pros

A great place to start off careers in accounting profession due to exposures to various industries....structured career progression and great opportunities for talent

Cons

the working hours is hell and the compensation packages are sometimes not competitive enough.. routine audit work can can be quit boring and dry..

Advice to Senior Management

Management should think of better ways to improve work life balance and lead the way to innovate the we conduct our audit

Pros

great company to work with

Cons

low pay; long hours and tough life

Advice to Senior Management

none

Pros

Professional and personal development, career opportunities, good career coaching system, work/life balance, good perks, healthcare and dental benefits, even provide family care leave

Cons

rigid rules and regulations and work system

Advice to Senior Management

PwC is a good place to work overall , in comparison to its peers

Pros

Compared to the rest of the big 4 in Singapore, PwC is better staffed and has a much better work life balance. In addition, it gives out a good SGD200 dental benefit annually. You can even take a paid half day off to visit the dentist every half a year!

Training wise, I believe it gives the most thorough training of all big 4 in Singapore. Easily as an associate to senior associate, you will attend at least 50 hours of class room training a year.

Partners and managers are generally approachable

Cons

None really. Perhaps one downside would be that you will get too comfortable working at PwC Singapore.

Advice to Senior Management

None at the moment

Pros

The PwC brand name still carries a decent reputation and attracts good consultants.
PwC tries to provide a differentiated service offering through a wide range of business consulting services (supply chain, outsourcing, finance function effectiveness, commercial due diligence etc).
Efforts made by Leadership to rebuild a consulting practice are largely ahead of most other Big 4s (except Deloitte which smarlty never spun out their consulting practice).
PwC is in most countries rewarding staff with higher salaries than competitors, and also provides a nice working environment (offices, packages and benefits etc)
PwC makes significant investments in training and education, in particualr with regional training events.

Cons

PwC still continues to operates as a network of firms, with very little incentives for collaboration and sharing beyond territories' borders. This model is now outdated and a number of competitors have made significant progress in building regional or global p&l models (EY, Deloitte in particular). PwC's leadership seems incapable of motivating such moves and is being outflanked by some territory partnerships desire to remain independent at all cost (China is a good example). This sometimes seems to be based on complete irrational arrogance and is deeply frustrating when multinational clients are being services in particular.
Knowledge sharing is not up to the expected standard of a firm of this size.

Advice to Senior Management

PwC's senior management should be more aware of what competitors are doing and not be complacent on the current oligopoly situation of the Big 4s. The firm has a number of weaknesses that need improvement to stay ahead of the game (knowledge management and collaboration have huge gaps, and the lack of a consistent vision for building a successful consulting practice is detrimental to all staff).