KPMG - Advisory Associate KPMG Employee Review

4.0
Dec 7, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It gives one an opportunity to network with some of the brightest people in the industry. The company is large, so there are also good clients that one can work on. Another advantage of its size is the number of offices that KPMG has, so one can try to internally transfer anywhere in the world. The benefits are also good, such as 25 days off, generous 401k matching contributions, and decent salary. Many of the partners are also very relaxed and calm. I would say most of the managers are as well, but there are some that tend to be uptight.

Cons

It is easy to be pigeon holed into an industry. It mostly depends on which service line that one joins, as well as the location of the office that he/she joins. For example, in the NE offices, employees work mostly on financial firms, in SF and SV, the clients are mostly technology related, and in the SW, it is mostly energy. If one doesn't like the industries that his/her office specializes in, it can be difficult to enjoy ones work. Also, because it is such a big company, there are some less than smart people that are able to squeeze through the cracks and gain employement.

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2.0
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Pros

You get to work with an awesome, highly resilient group of local peers in the advisory practice. The KPMG brand still holds value, but the internal team dynamics have become incredibly fractured.

Cons

We have outsourced 80%+ of our Risk Advisory work, leaving onshore seniors with massive gaps in their experience. As a manager, I am stuck doing senior-level work because I typically have only one or zero local seniors or associates on my teams. The best leaders have already resigned because this model prevents actual management and mentoring. Also, it might take you 30+ years to become partner in Risk Advisory, if at all.

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