KPMG reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(56,904 total reviews)
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82% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

KPMG has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 56,904 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The KPMG employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management et conseil aux entreprises industry (3.7 stars).

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3.0
Jan 6, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Multi-cultural work force, communication is easy between colleagues as well as with leaders. Working in a leading accounting firm like KPMG provides one quick access to large pool of resources and up to date info if one really want to develope himself in fields like tax, accounting and accounting-related advisory. Besides, KPMG has an especially strong presence in Germany, compared to other countries, and after the merger with KPMG UK, the future of the company seems to be quite bright.

Cons

The company is big, so inevitably sometimes a bit chaotic in terms of employee training, performance review etc. Get use to that and you will be just fine. Small interest groups can be found in each department. And last but not least, the work there is not very exciting, most time just routine work, even in the advisory department.

2.0
Jan 6, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Good training. ACA qualification. Top clients. If you can suffer the low pay and long hours, and manage to make a move into front office banking, private equity or something similar as soon as you qualify the payoff can be very good.

Cons

Poor remuneration compared to other Big 4s and other professions e.g. Banking and Law. Negligible rewards for good performers - annual bonuses for 2nd year TS analysts who got the top annual review rating in 08 were about £350-£500 after tax. Counterparts at PwC were getting about £2,500 after tax on top of a higher base. Progression is fixed until year 4, so it's difficult to see the point in working hard or trying to impress in years 1-3. Advisory salaries are at some stages lower than audit, despite the longer hours, much higher charge-out rate and arguably more complex work. Significant redundancies have been made at graduate level, with some departments cutting up to 50% of grads - many of whom had first time passes in exams. Work life balance isn't great - you often get given days off in lieu, but this doesn't really compensate for being cut off from your friends for months working 15 hour days in Norwich.

4.0
Jan 5, 2009

KPMG is great

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Career progression and brand name are the two reasons why I decided to join KPMG. They really know how to treat their employees well. The Houston office has bought Cirque du Soleil tickets for everyone in the office, and they have rented a yacht to have a party on. In the tax department during busy season, there is always free food, and they buy dinner for you ever night. The benefits are top notch as well. I think it is the only company that gives you five weeks vacation starting off.

Cons

It is very structured. Your career progression is not really based on performance.

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