KPMG reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(39,936 total reviews)
avatar

Tim Walsh

67% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

KPMG has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 39,936 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The KPMG employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

40K reviews
1.0
Sep 21, 2021

KPMG Tax Consulting

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-25 days of PTO. Difficult to think of other pros

Cons

-sink or swim culture - if you can get to a point where you are swimming on your own, great. If you can't, they're not going to train you or develop you to help you get there. -for positions above staff level, there is a strong mentality of "I've already done the grunt work, that's your turn now". There is no teamwork. They won't help you when you clearly need it, and they aren't afraid to point the finger solely at you when something goes wrong. -bonuses are a joke, and it'd probably be better off just not even giving them out. It's that insulting for the hours you put in. -the hardworkers don't get rewarded. Someone can be very efficient and do a ton of work in a 50 hour week. However, the more work they do, the more work they will get. Meanwhile, a lot of people are just mailing it in and completing the bare minimum while still billing the same amount of hours. At the end of the day, management only looks at the number of hours. -training and mentorship is nonexistent for most, so there is a constant revolving door of staff. Partners don't care because they're not the ones who have to spend time training new staff.

1.0
Apr 8, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive salaries Lots of time off 401K Matching

Cons

Culture of bullying Favoritism, promotion based on social relationships not competence at job Micromanagement is common Annual goals impossible to meet so there is a record of why you are bad "Anonymous" annual surveys are not anonymous, I was actually confronted for answering "no" when asked if I thought it was a "great place to work".

1.0
Jan 24, 2021

Your mileage may vary

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Good pay * As you move up, the earning potential is amazing * Lots of PTO * Lots of diversity networks * Lots of cheerleading about how much you matter * KPMG likes to really market all the best in breed awards they get

Cons

* Lots of attrition. KPMG seems to have a problem retaining talent. * When the reality of what your wage actually is sets when you consider the hours you have to work. There's little to zero work life balance. During recruitment, KPMG will talk a good game about WLB, your career, your professional development, and how much you matter to the company but that's all a lie. Everyone is too busy to care about any of that. * Mislead about the responsibilities of the job * The technology KMPG uses is obsolete, primitive, and poorly designed. * Hierarchical work environment. Retaliation is a thing at KPMG. Those promoted are done based on their sales rather than their leadership ability. * If you're not on a track for promotion, you may as well just leave the company. Hard work and volunteering only gets you more work. Performance management is so wide ranging that technically, nobody can really meet all the standards. So management always has an "out" to tell you "no". Promotions are done not on merit but on who you know.

Viewing 67 - 69 of 39,936 Reviews

Glassdoor has 81,826 KPMG reviews submitted anonymously by KPMG employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if KPMG is right for you.