-No clear path out of tech assurance (IT Audit) except maybe for doing tech risk advisory/consulting (which is really just being on the other side of these audits)
-your job is really to test IT controls, which you do a lot of, but there is endless back and forth calls and emails with clients asking for the same documents over and over, so much kpmg admin garbage, and writing audit workpapers is the mist boring activity in the world and it’s your entire job
-no tech skill development. You will not become a stronger job candidate because of this job. You will likely only pigeon hole yourself and the only way out is personal tech projects/bootcamps on your own time outside of work. You are prohibited from most forms of technical innovation, and this company will extinguish your drive to innovate and be a creative technical problem solver
- Very fake focus on AI right now. There is no real innovation and it is just an excuse for layoffs. Internal AI tools suck.
- specifically regarding federal audit as a whole (this includes tech assurance), national KPMG has decided to shut it all down over the next 3-4 yrs, so they probably arent hiring anyways. If they are hiring, STAY AWAY - you will be fired within 1-2 years of joining as the last remaining contracts end.