Great company with terrible politics - Senior Associate KPMG Employee Review

2.0
Dec 3, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

OK pay Beautiful offices Progressive company policies (as long as it doesn’t involve others) Some great employees and colleagues Some smart people

Cons

Very political environment - nepotism runs rampant. Some employees in the lower ranks don’t receive recognition they deserve in favor of those management favors for personal reasons. Money is king - Values are for show. No adherence to policy for upper management, sexual harassment not taken seriously. KPMG tries to distinguish itself by advertising a positive work culture, but there are pockets where this is openly dismissed. “Respecting the individual” is only face value: the day a new hire joined our division, upper management openly derided her accomplishments in front of others for no reason other than having a “bad day at the office” Pockets of the cutthroat environment KPMG tried to shed still exist, and are more prevalent as you climb ranks: I’ve seen peers in the Advisory division destroy others’ careers to gain an inch OK pay - I’ve moved on to another company that pays more for the same work

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