PwC Reviews in McLean, VA

I have been working at PwC

Pros – Lots of room to grow at PwC if you produce good work and have decent social skills. The benefits are pretty good.

Cons – Expectations are so ridiculously high. You're expected to spend most of your day working and to make work your first priority (even over family sometimes...)

Advice to Senior Management – Make your family your first priority and then lead by example. Work life balance will never improve at PwC unless management leads by example. It all starts at the top.

I have been working at PwC

Pros – Competitive pay, flexibility, work life balance

Cons – all about the dollars and cents when it comes to promotion

Advice to Senior Management – None

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at PwC

Pros – Growth and development are taken very seriously. Opportunities are made available to those who are high performers and are proactive about their career. The people I work with are wicked smart, yet are fantastic team players. The group I work in are great about work-life balance.

Cons – I wasn't too impressed with the compensation increases this year, especially after a year with no compensation increase. But it's not a deal breaker.

Advice to Senior Management – I think PwC management is doing a fine job. I'd like to see them continue efforts to build a culture of "one firm."

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at PwC

Pros – Opportunities for professional growth and leadership.

Cons – The job can be stressful at times - the unpredictability makes it challenging at times to manage personal commitments.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep the information flowing.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at PwC

Pros – 1. Tremendous brand name in market,
2. Great place to get experience with diverse set of clients
3. Size of the firm makes it possible to network far and wide
4. Opportunity to work with some of the most competent people in the industry

Cons – 1. Pay is not upto par with market, especially for Consulting and IT professionals
2. Company is stingy with payment of annual bonus
3. Company extracts every last drop of work from employees, including late nights and weekends however refuses to pay overtime wages.
4. HR and administrative policies are mired in red tape, making it difficult for operations management to make quick decisions

Advice to Senior Management – 1. Please discard the one-size-fits-all approach. The Advisory / consulting business is a whole different beast from Assurance / Tax
2. Revise pay-scales to match competitors, not just among other Big 4 but also other employers in general. In particular pay close attention to over time pay.
3. Hire more competent HR professionals

I have been working at PwC

Pros – Global firm. Great place to start your career. Lot of trainings and learning oppotunities. Global rotation available for people. Its hard to move around though.

Cons – Very hard to change service lines. If you stick with firm salary movements are very slow. Promotion is not fair . People are oK.

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on more on firms individual growth. people needs to be more appreciated. Things needs to improve in all this aspects/

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at PwC

Pros – Learn a lot in a short period of time.
Great place to launch your career.

Cons – Long hours.
The Feedback process is not that great.

Advice to Senior Management – Management should focus on creating a convinient environment for minorities. It is more difficult for minorities to succeed.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at PwC

Pros – Great place to grow and learn in your career. Focus on attention to detail. Judged a lot by the quality of work products.

Cons – Some people are out for number one.

Advice to Senior Management – Allow for mobility with employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at PwC

Pros – Brand recognition, career advancement opportunities, global presence, knowledge capabilities

Cons – Work Life Balance, Promotion system lacks innovation and flexibility to recognize and promote special skillsets

Advice to Senior Management – Learn from other HR business models on how to properly reward and promote staff. Be more flexible in the template for promotion that you use.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at PwC

Pros – Some of the best reasons would be the pay, the brand and the prestige. Other than that...nothing

Cons – The long hours, no life, they demand their intrusion into your personal life. Working weekends, no pay raises, little to no promotion of diversity initiatives

Advice to Senior Management – Focus on promoting your brands to others that don't think and look like you. In addition, take the time out to think about your employees and what's best for them and not what's best for our projects and our brand.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend