PwC reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(75,407 total reviews)
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Mohamed Kande

78% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

PwC has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 75,407 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The PwC employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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75K reviews
1.0
Sep 28, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Their good clients, if you have enough political clout to get to work for the ones you want. However, be prepared to work in insurance or some othr crappy industry.

Cons

For the hours worked, this must be the sweat shop of the 21st century. I will not go into great detail here, as I have spoken enough about the firm on numerous other sites. That said, I have never met such a large number of backstabbing clones with an arrogant attitude. You either fit into the social fabric of the firm’s culture, or you are pretty much dead. The management of people at the firm is seriously lacking. Do not expect to be treated as a human being if you have a problem with a co-worker. Most importantly, the politics at PwC is beyond anything I ever could have imagined. It is in-your-face and accepted at all levels of the organization. In other words, people will sell their mothers for a buck in order to get a promotion. Do not always count on your skill set to get you through the day. Come review time, that club of ole boys will rear its ugly head. Oh, and one more thing: often expect to be pigeonholed into a client or industry for almost two years before having a pick at what you want. You actually do not “build your own career” here. HR builds it for you, and if you do not like it, then try another firm. They have a 30% (being generous here) or lower retention rate, anyway...

2.0
Apr 29, 2024

Big 4 BS

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The medical insurance was the only pro

Cons

Too many to list. No one actually cares. They say they do but they don't. You are the guinea pig for any new technology that comes out while trying to balance understanding what your job function is because you get absolutely NO team training. They throw you on a team and give you a bunch of work that you have no idea how to complete. You work 90 hours a week because 65 of those hours are used trying to figure out how to do your job and then you only book in 40 hours a week so that your manager doesn't think you're an idiot. HR plays like they don't know what is really going on but they do. Overworked because there is no training and if you do get a random teammate that teaches you something it isn't useful because your next team doesn't do it that way anyway. BIG 4 is not interested in being a good employer but believe me they will send you propaganda all day about how much they're there to support you. They're not. Never get that twisted! All talk, no action. It was like being in a cult! Oh and let me not forget---your promotion is based on the word of a child who is one grade above you. Hope you get someone who likes you and hope that they're not jealous. Unfair from every angle.

2.0
Aug 30, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Having the ability to work remotely anywhere within the country is a huge plus. That flexibility is nice. There are real initiatives that focus on diversity and inclusion. However, that is only to mask the downsides to the company.

Cons

There is no respect for work/life balance, nor do they believe in being offline. There are unreasonable expectations that you put in 15+ hours each day, you are penalized for taking vacation, or even setting boundaries so that you can actually have any type of life outside of work. You don’t have time to actually be invested in any of their initiatives or pro-bono/volunteer work but there is the expectation that you dedicate 40 hours to it. Favoritism runs the organization, giving better opportunities to those who are a part of the “cool kids club”. Co-workers are very cutthroat, and there isn’t a sense of team at all. And burnout is a real thing here, and it almost seems like they purposely push you to burnout quickly, like it’s a badge of pride. This company is not worth your sanity.

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