Great place but a little stuffy at the same time - Advisory Manager KPMG Employee Review

3.0
19 May 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Flextime - no one cares where you are or what you are doing at any given point in time as long as work gets done on time. Variety - lots of unique and challenging engagements, you rarely do the same thing twice.

Cons

Too much focus on client chargability (utilization) - even at Manager and Senior Manager levels the pressure is insane - your career aspirations or goals play second fiddle to this. Office politics - this is a Vancouver thing, its a small tough market all about relationships...

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

Long hours and office politics. This is pretty basic and obvious for any public accounting firms. Every time a quarter end, year end, or a special filing is going out, you can expect 10-14 hour days. It might be fine in your early career but it gets really tiring after a few years.

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