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      PwC

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      PwC reviews

      3.7

      68% would recommend to a friend

      (75,350 total reviews)
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      Mohamed Kande

      78% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.9

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.9

      Career opportunities

      3.6

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Senior management

      2.9

      Work/Life balance

      PwC has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 75,350 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PwC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finanzen industry (3.7 stars).

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      75K reviews
      3.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Great learning, good people, fair compensation, poor hours

      Assurance associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      -Excellent education and training -Incentives to take the CPA Exam, including free courses, reimbursement for taking the test, and a bonus for passing the test -Friendly, non-competitive atmosphere -Management that tries to balance your work and personal life -HR complied with most of my scheduling requests, such as the type of clients I was interested in -Great way to get exposure to high-level managers, even at some larger companies -Good travel opportunities -Excellent (if not long-winded) personal evaluation process

      Cons

      -No overtime pay, many overtime hours, usually during January-March -Inconsistent work schedule across the firm (some people's yearly utilization is through the roof, yet they don't get significantly more compensation) -Reimbursement for mileage only beyond normal travel to the office, no compensation for parking expenses -Job can get very tedious at times

      3.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Work/life balance

      Audit senior associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It is a good place to get a well rounded knowledge of accounting standards and applications. It’s also a good place to work if you want to get a behind the scenes look at corporate America. Furthermore, you get exposed to various industries as well as different types of and size of companies.

      Cons

      It is very difficult to maintain a healthy work/life balance. In an effort to increase “efficiency”, each year the budgeted hours allotted for a job are decreased significantly from the prior year. In the mean time, more and more work is required of the staff auditors due to increased scrutiny by the PCAOB (govt) and other applicable regulators. This leads to staff eating hours as they cannot meet the unreasonable budget, which means that staff are working longer and longer hours that are unreported, leading to an unhealthy work environment. Apparently it used to be that staff would work long hours during busy season, but then there would be an off time during slow summer months. This however is no longer true. Due to Sec 404 and other added regulations, staff are working busy season hours through out the year.

      4.0
      Jun 12, 2008

      Overall, good place to work

      Audit senior associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great opportunity to work in various industries and businesses especially for a person just entering the work force. If you do not know what you want to do right out of college, working for an international CPA firm provides you with the ability to work in a number of different environments. Plus the training and supervision provided by the company is very good. You will also find lots of people with a common educational background and similar age. After you have had a chance to experience different industries, you will have the opportunity to pick the one the interests you the most.

      Cons

      It will take several years with the company before you are given the responsibility to lead an engagement. So, you may have to bide some time with a lot of tedious tasks that do not require a lot of brain power. This is especially true in the larger assignments. I prefer the small to medium size assignments, so that you are involved with more aspects of the engagement. Plus you will have more interaction with the managers and partners in the smaller assignments. Also, there may be some periods where the work load is light and that can be rather boring.

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