Great Place to begin your career - Tax Associate KPMG Employee Review

4.0
Sep 27, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

A job with competitive pay, large library of resources, access to work on multi-national clients early on, excellent training opportunities, good health benefits, employee appreciation events, cpa exam bonuses, health, vision, dental insurance, 75% 401k matching program, nice facilities, special access to discounts on certain household goods, pre-tax transportation programs

Cons

Management expects that you will be able to work long hours whenever they need you to. The big4 often have an "up or out " attitude. Many young staff people get burned out within the first or second year, contributing to the high turnover rate. The increased turnover rate leads to less capable and willing to help seniors associates.

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2.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

You get to work with an awesome, highly resilient group of local peers in the advisory practice. The KPMG brand still holds value, but the internal team dynamics have become incredibly fractured.

Cons

We have outsourced 80%+ of our Risk Advisory work, leaving onshore seniors with massive gaps in their experience. As a manager, I am stuck doing senior-level work because I typically have only one or zero local seniors or associates on my teams. The best leaders have already resigned because this model prevents actual management and mentoring. Also, it might take you 30+ years to become partner in Risk Advisory, if at all.

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