KPMG reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(40,025 total reviews)

Mattias Schmelzer

83% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

KPMG has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 40,025 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 & Beratung industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
Oct 11, 2009

Overall Good; Long Hours

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great international company which offers in employees great client access to leading industries throughout the world. You learn a lot about accounting, auditing and most importantly business communication.

Cons

Long hours are to be expected during busy times, however i do not feel as through we are compensated to work that hard. I would like to get married and have children and do not want to live that kind of life style.

1.0
Oct 11, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working for KPMG proves that you are a strong candidate with the ability to roll up your sleves and get the job done. You also get access to the books and records of some very reputable clients that provide meaningful experience for your career later on down the line. The other professionals working with you are you're greatest resource and are exceptional friends and colleagues.

Cons

Prepare to have no life outside of work. Never in my life could I have ever imagined working this much. You work on weekends, sometimes 7 days a week, often times without charging the time or getting recognized for putting in the effort to meet unreasonable budget and time deadlines that your managers will never commend you on. Prepare for 40-55 hr work weeks during summer and 80-100+ hr work weeks from September-April. Your clients will never be pleased to see you, no matter how good you are, and they will in fact make that known to you at all times. Some are often very difficult to work with or get the right information from. On top of everything, the salaries they are offering are much lower than the mid tier firms for some unknown reason and when you calculate the number of hours you put in compared to your pay you might be making somewhere near $12/hr while they charge the client $350/hr for your services. They give you 25 days PTO but implemented 7 days of mandatory PTO, further reducing your paid vacation/sick time to about 18 days. Its not uncommon to get bad performance reviews for taking PTO at times that are not advantageous to the firm. For example, if you book a vacation a year in advance and due to client push back the engagement doesn't finish on time but you leave for vacation, that will negatively be frowned upon no matter how out of your hands the situation may be.

2.0
Oct 10, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- looks good on CV - large organisation, glabal presence, multi-disciplinary

Cons

- popularity contest - management don't live the "values" of KPMG - NO DIVERSITY at all. I work in the pensions team and it is non-existent - pay not the best - long hours and no appreciation from management

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