Miserable bootcamp to either break you or put you on a path to success (outside the firm) - Senior Accountant KPMG Employee Review

2.0
27 Aug 2017
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Pros

- Supportive co workers below manager level - Pays for CA - Yearly promotion - Good for university graduates who have no other work experience and want a 3-year crash course on the corporate struggle.

Cons

- Low-quality training. - Horrible hours and worse pay. - Majority of managers are poor at project management and worse at leadership. - Division starts to notice you only after you have your CA and get job offers outside the firm. - Strong culture of playing internal politics and favoritism.

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Pros

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Cons

Let go during RIF. When I started with the firm back in 2015, RIF's didn't occur much but now has become the normal once a year at minimum at KPMG. You must be on top of you game now (high performance culture) otherwise can be let go at any moments notice. Unfortunately if you do amazing on your engagement work, doesn’t mean anything to leadership and can still be let go, especially at manager level and requires you to put many additional hours per week doing extra curricular (Business Proposals, Certifications, etc.).

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