KPMG reviews

3.8

72% would recommend to a friend

(40,009 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 40,009 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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5.0
Jul 27, 2009
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Pros

A job at KPMG varies a lot depending on what team and what office you are in. Personally, I think KPMG's advisory practice is the best way to go. I actually work in a small group of advisory reviewing contract licensing to make sure companies pay fees according to their contracts. Such a role is so much better than the typical job functions in tax and audit. Tax and audit groups work very long hours and get paid less than advisory. Tax and audit roles offer little creativity, mostly they just do boring regulatory work and paperwork. Advisory still gets the same benefits as tax and audit like 25 days off a year. You also get 2 weeks off for having a baby, and there are overtime meals, per diems, hotel points, etc. In my role I don't have to travel much but it depends on what you do. Career growth at KPMG is great; you're almost guaranteed to move up the chain as long as you don't screw up, just do you time. The number one factor in moving up in the company is doing your time. If you are not amazing, that's ok, just do your time and you can become a manager. Once a manager, you don't have to work as much because you can charge less time to clients than the lower employees and so life just gets better.

Cons

For the most part, you are not paid or promoted based on skill or effort, so what is the incentive to work hard? If you are an all-star, you won't be rewarded. This means a lot of the partners and senior management at KPMG are people who just did their time and climbed the ladder. They often can't sell crap to clients, and they may not have a lot of project management skills, people skills, or technical skills. Don't get me wrong, they might have these skills, but there is no way to say for sure. Employees aren't put into roles that fit their skills and talents because everyone follows the same path. So the introverted guy might be sent to sell to our biggest clients. The cool outgoing guy might be doing paperwork all day or using excel all day instead of put in front of clients. Many of the managers and partners are lazy or incompetent. They pass off questions and work to those below them and pass the buck if something goes wrong. KPMG loves diversity and so you can occasionally be disadvantaged if you are a straight, white, male. Like anywhere, you will be more successful at KPMG if you can be popular and navigate a somewhat political organization.

3.0
Jul 27, 2009
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Pros

I would say the best reason to work at KPMG is the amount of vacation time you get during your first year.

Cons

The hours are long and not fun. You do not always get treated with the amount of respect one deserves.

3.0
Jul 24, 2009
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Pros

KPMG offered a salary that is higher than I could get working in industry. There is plenty of vacation time, volunteer opportunities and you can earn a lot of CPEs. The people are intelligent, generally very nice and willing to help out others in order for the project to succeed. Everyone is motivated to perform at a high level but do no back stab to get ahead. Being in Advisory, I learned a lot by working with other Advisory practices, but also alongside the Audit and Tax groups. The opportunity to work along side them provided an incredible experience.

Cons

Advisory work is a commodity, so there will times in which it is feast or famine. It is difficult to manage work/life balances because of the extremes but you're typically less than 100% utilized. There are way more CPEs available than you could ever complete although the training could be stronger. Education online seems outdated and the classes at Advisory University only scratch the service of topics. Management is quick to relay positive information about the Firm but keeps remaining employees in the dark about downsizing.

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