Good experience with a lot of cons - Staff Accountant KPMG Employee Review

3.0
Oct 4, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

- Young Environment - Great exposure to different companies/business - Good opportunity to learn a lot, not only about accounting - Long holidays

Cons

- very understuffed teams - Pay not correlated to the responsibilities and effort demanded - Absurd procedures and policies - A lot of grunt/frustrating work - No room for creativity/lateral thinking - No respect for people unless they are manager/partners - No incentives to treat well staff - People are promoted not if they are more brilliant or effective on the job but if they comply well to the absurd policies - Long hours whit few overtime pay - People who stay there tend to be workaholic and not "well rounded" expeting others to be like them - You are always "on call" even on week-ends/holidays -A lot of people act as "they are saving the world"

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

It might sound cliche but the Pro for me is the people that I work with. I'm lucky enough to be staffed in a team with great leadership. Managers are actually willing to coach junior members and be a real mentor. I very much appreciate their efforts.

Cons

Long hours and office politics. This is pretty basic and obvious for any public accounting firms. Every time a quarter end, year end, or a special filing is going out, you can expect 10-14 hour days. It might be fine in your early career but it gets really tiring after a few years.

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