PwC Reviews

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for more than a year

Pros – Really flexible, and supportive of achieving a healthy work/life balance. The firm do genuinely believe in "doing the right thing" for the community.

Cons – In my opinion, those that work the hardest (managers/senior managers) do not get enough recognition

Advice to Senior Management – Value your Senior Associate 2/Manager population better to prevent the drop-off that is often seen at this level.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at PwC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – High Profile Clients
Some very smart colleagues
Travel
Educational Support

This is a matter of good fortune - I was lucky enough to work in a small department that allowed me to travel the world and work on blue chip clients - however some of my colleagues never left the office and never set foot into a meeting with a client or partner.

Cons – Heavy workloads
Poor planning and resource management
Poor rewards - both financial and non
Bad talent management and opaque appraisal/promotion system

All in all there is a steep but good learning curve in the early years - however once you reach AM /Manager level additional skill learning drops off and it becomes more a delegation and review role.

It is very easy to get stuck and specialised - if you are doing one thing well, and it helps out thise senior to you, it can be hard to move into a new area. Senior management get very protective and possessive of good staff and this can eventually lead to them leaving the firm if they want a change.

Identifying and managing talent is something of a weak-point in the firm sadly.

Advice to Senior Management – Recognise that you are losing key talented staff
Make promotion/reward more merit-based and less "time served" based

– I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at PwC

Pros – Helpful People and a good atmosphere

Cons – There were no cons, it was perfect.

Former Employee – worked at PwC full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – people are professional, honest, interesting

Cons – management are poor, low pay at higher level to internal staff

Advice to Senior Management – appreciate and value your staff

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at PwC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Lots of challenging opportunities across numerous industries and clients with different types of work. Will gain lots of experience in a short period of time.

Cons – Long working hours and lots of travel expected at short notice. The type of work you do may not necessarily be what you want to focus on but you don't have a choice generally.

Former Employee – worked at PwC as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Great environment
Competitive salary
Lots of opportunities both locally and globally.
Development of several key skills that will stay with you for life.

Cons – The hours can be taxing

Advice to Senior Management – Work-life balance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at PwC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Team environment, Learning, Variety of Work

Cons – Lower base salary compared to other industries

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at PwC full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – High quality people
Interesting work
Strong brand

Cons – Reward struggles to compete
Long hours

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at PwC as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Career Opportunities, Good Training, Given responsibility with support as needed

Cons – Huge company, work may not be noticed.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at PwC as a contractor

Pros – Large company, lots of opportunities to move around, very good client facing people, interesting projects and peers who are good fun

Cons – Dreadful IT middle and senior management, lots of dead wood, overly bureaucratic, risk averse and foster a blame culture. People stuck in senior management who should have been moved on years ago

Advice to Senior Management – Get rid of middle and senior management - flatten the organisational structure right down - you'd be surprised how much money you'd save and how much more would get done.