PwC reviews

It is by no means perfect, it is often described as Investment Banking hours at accounting wages. There is still a lot the firm needs to do to walk the talk and drink it's own very valubale advice it provides to its clients. There are two types of people at PwC, partners and those waiting to leave. IFS and support roles are simply never as valued as client facing roles and you will not make partner and therefore will never reap the true rewards of your work if you find yourself in that role. IFS people must be satisfied being a servant but never a knight. On the client facing side it is very much a deliverable mentality. These are people who are really good at working hard and turning work in on time, but many lack the relationship skills to look past the work product to truly partner with their clients to anticipate their issues and become fully invested in the success of their clients. Subject matter expertise is never a problem, communicating and articulating issues in a way that non-PwC people understand is always underestimated and extremely valuable when done right. Slow to move - cannon on an ant. Th firm has so many layers of adminstrative beuarocracy that common sense can often take a back seat to policy without purpose. There are great and innovative and creative people who get frustrated and leave because they focus on results and the method is a secondary concern. This is where its history of being an auditor can hinder growth and creativity. Running a business consulting practice which includes tax consulting and transaction services like you do an audit practice simply does not make sense. Again, the firm would not advise its clients to do this but can't seem to get out of its own way. Can't invest in ANYTHING! Forget your personal portfolio. Working for the firm that audits most of the financial services and fortune 100's means you are precluded from investing in pretty much everything unless you spend all of your free time working through independence issues.

The Advisory practice is still being built, which would lead one to believe staff would have many kinds of opportunities, but this is not the case. Management only cares about staffing people with relevant professional experience on a specific type of project. In consutling, of course, you need to have relevant professional experience to solve client problems, but is this really the case at a level below manager? Very few managers and above care to do on the job training. So, you're out of luck if you are looking to grow professionally into a different career track or don't have much professional experience.