Audit Associate Review - Audit Associate KPMG Employee Review

1.0
1 Sept 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

KPMG offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including five weeks of personal time off. From the start of your career with KPMG, you are given many opportunities to showcase your knowledge, skills, and desire to succeed. For those who are motivated to excel and impress, KPMG is a great place to work in this regard.

Cons

Some of the downsides of working at KPMG include the fact that there is a really good chance that you will be busy the entire calendar year (not just during “busy season”). Unfortunately, you probably only hear that you will just be busy during a few months of the year, but this certainly does not appear to be true whatsoever. In addition, most of the senior associates/managers/seniors managers that you work under will only talk to you about the one or two things that you did wrong or inefficiently and will never mention all of the things that you did right. This can be extremely discouraging.

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

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Cons

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