PwC Reviews

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Company has great training, fleexibility and empowers their team

Cons – Hours, hours, hours- need an overhaul of testing procedures.

Advice to Senior Management – We need to have an overview of procedures performed and advice ALL teams on how to test efficiently. Hence cutting back on the hours. Also start auditing early, not September.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good career progression, intelligent colleagues, interesting work, good benefits and training, work life balance, variety in type of work and industries. Opportunities to move around the firm and explore different roles.

Cons – A lot of structure and bureaucracy which can be hard to navigate, too much travel and living in hotels, salary not particularly competitive. Work can be repetitive.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to listen to your employees and making changes based on feedback

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for less than a year

Pros – Brand Name, People, Training, Learning, Travel opportunities, Client base

Cons – Long working hours, Less Compensation

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for more than a year

Pros – PwC is a great company to launch a career from; many employers desire job candidates with Big 4 experience, and PwC is one of the best.

Cons – Work-life balance is a corporate buzzword that has little meaning in the public accounting industry and PwC is no exception to this phenomenon.

Advice to Senior Management – Pay your employees better. For the amount of time this job eats up and how much stress it causes, the pay is not enough.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Large company with lots of opportunity

Cons – Sometimes only cares about the bottom line

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at PwC

Pros – A great place for your first few years in accounting. Having this company on your resume will open doors.

Cons – PwC has two busy seasons and require 55+ hours billing during those seasons. There is a lot of competition between all staff levels.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time

Pros – A lot of great experiences with ability to take responsibility of tracks of work. You can work in multiple types of industries and services to understand what you like and don't like.

Cons – Traveling 4 days a week is difficult for work-life balance. The learning and development opportunities are not as robust as I'd prefer them to be for additional training.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – This place will teach you solid work ethic and how to keep 1,000 balls in the air at once - skills that cannot be overstated. Maybe you'll actually learn some accounting along the way.

Cons – We serve as the slaves of our regulators. Sadly, the substance of understanding our clients has gone the way of completing whatever template we think will get us in the least amount of trouble with the PCAOB.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time

Pros – Great learning opportunities.
Flexibility.
Helpful people.

Cons – The paycheck is a little skinny.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at PwC full-time for more than a year

Pros – - Provide you a BlackBerry.
- Lots of opportunities
- Potential to grow if committed
- Prestige
Resume Booster

Cons – - Potential to grow is based on need, truly commitment is necessary. They can hender you even if you think you are ready.
- Lack of communication between partners and analysts. Must go through hierarchical stages to communicate problems or desires.

Advice to Senior Management – More personal communication of partners with lower staff members.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend