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Elena Bajic
2006
3.7
Recommend to a friend
81%
Say this is a great place to work
71%
Proud to have on resume
81%
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
KPMG does not have consulting as a core - it is more an opportunistic business based on templates filling -. Access to clients is very limited (mostly through the accounting guys and/or transaction FDDs). Political battles between audit and consulting are endless as business targets are conflicting. There is a broadly spread culture of non cooperation and subtle confrontation between partners. Quality focus and customer orientation are not paramount, while people are mistreated as they are typically considered only short-term resources. In sum, KPMG as a good B4 is a place for auditors, not for consultants.
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
Opportunistic, selfish, short-sighted, very cash-oriented and with very very little intellectual acumen. Mostly they are auditors looking for short term revenue sources
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
structure varies from country to country in EMEA. Most countries are losing share and revenue, so bonus have been cut. There is no clear rule, in many countries each partner would have a different bonus policy. Nothing is transparent
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
dark, hidden politics driven
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
KPMG, as any other B4, means very little as a brand in consulting . Only Strategy area fits, supporting mostly transactions
Employee - Manager
The Directors and staff below them are incompetent.
Employee - Manager
They are one of the weak consulting firms in the govenment market.
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
this is a horrible place for women; crazily political, very siloed and mired in old fashioned ideas and strategies
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
cautious, conservative and anti-creative
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
if you're a partner, you'll do well. if you're not, you are complete undervalued and, often, ignored. forget compensation. you're laboring for joy of working there - which is nonexistent
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
its hard to get past the political gamesmanship here and the constant and unrelenting praise we all must give to the firm and its values. its like working in the old Soviet Union
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
seen the most old-fashioned, conservative and resistent to change - a well-deserved reputation
Employee - Manager
The in-fighting among the Partners was gruesome. It appeared to be dog-eat-dog to the point that some associates honestly believed that company phones and voice mails were being monitored. There were cliques. The insiders were protected. The outsiders were persecuted. Promotions seemed to be based on factors far removed from meritocracy.
Employee - Manager
Predatory competition among partners and my partner intentionally and maliciously lying to clients over a period of time. "My way or the highway" attitude.
Employee - Manager
They seem to be viewed as a second tier behind Accenture.
Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant
I would recommend working at KMPG but it depends on orientation. Personal satisfaction is almost none in consulting. Comparing against EY, I found KPMG to be very primitive.
Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant
I could see underperformers who had risen to high ranks. Thus, system wasn't able to weed them out. Good folks kept on leaving.
Employee - Senior Associate/Consultant
One of the big four. All move along well due to their size.
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
It is a virtual sweatshop. The tactics used in the "selling" cycle are disingenuous and does not reflect the true talent in the organization. The lack of respect among staff is paletable
Employee - Principal/VP/Director
The senior leadership team is all about making money at all costs and the public persona/perception. As long as people look good and are perceived to have integrity, that is all that counts. It is an old boys club that let's few in and those that are outside are second class citizens.