Current Employee - Audit Assistant in Salt Lake City, UT
Current Employee - Audit Assistant in Salt Lake City, UT
Recommends
Positive Outlook
Approves of CEO
I have been working at Deloitte full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Really bright colleagues and vast resources available. Great clients and opportunities to advance within the firm. Wonderful springboard for your career.
Cons
Long hours during busy season without overtime or additional compensation. Not much autonomy first few years. Check the box type of work.
I worked at Deloitte as an intern (Less than a year)
Pros
Deloitte provides a very high-functioning and fast-paced environment for its interns. I quickly learned how to prepare and self-review work on alternative investment entities. The company provides you with plenty of training.
Cons
Much of the summer is a slow period for the tax team, but I knew that going into it. I do wish the internship could have been longer than 8 weeks. Also, they didn't have a full-time position available for me (even though they said they liked my work) because they had overstaffed their interns. To their credit though they did offer to help me get placed in another office if I wished.
Current Employee - Advisory Manager in Salt Lake City, UT
Current Employee - Advisory Manager in Salt Lake City, UT
Recommends
Negative Outlook
Approves of CEO
I have been working at Deloitte full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Client work can be extremely rewarding since projects typically focus on helping the world's top organizations solve their most difficult problems. This provides an unparalleled preparation for future executive leadership (be it within Deloitte or without). The company also places an emphasis on maintaining strong relationships with company alumni through its colleagues for life program.
Cons
Travel requirements can be extremely excessive, which makes it very difficult to maintain a quality life outside of work. Furthermore, because Deloitte follows a matrix organizational structure, the company often does not have a strong view into if employees are being overworked. This often creates a somewhat heavy "churn and burn" approach to staff development. Finally, because PTO is not factored into utilization (a key metric used to evaluate employee performance), employees often feel pressured into passing up taking time off, which increases the likelihood of staff burn out.
Advice to Management
Look into increasing the use of alternative work arrangements (e.g., 2 weeks onsite 2 weeks remote). Also, consider removing PTO out if the utilization calculation.
Current Employee - ERS Senior Consultant in Salt Lake City, UT
Current Employee - ERS Senior Consultant in Salt Lake City, UT
Recommends
Positive Outlook
Approves of CEO
Pros
-Flexibility -Charted career path -Wonderful people -Company culture/values are great
Cons
-Corporate structure -Promotions and bonuses are handled at highest level, people who don't know you, and sometimes appear very unbalanced
Advice to Management
Leave it up to local offices to distribute bonuses and promotions. It's frustrating to see people getting promoted just because they have a persistent/good counselor.
Former Employee - Audit Senior Assistant in Salt Lake City, UT
Former Employee - Audit Senior Assistant in Salt Lake City, UT
Doesn't Recommend
Positive Outlook
Approves of CEO
I worked at Deloitte full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Globally respected company. Access to professional network. Exposure to top tier professionals. Great PTO.
Cons
Hours are horrendous in from Jan - Apr. Slow and boring in the summer. Pay is painfully low for the work. Work experience gained is very niche/siloed - it all points toward Controller positions.
Advice to Management
Compensate people for the work they are doing in the now; relying on other companies to value Big Four experience with a large pay increase (without practical experience) is pretentious.
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