If you don't want a personal life, this is for you - Audit Associate KPMG Employee Review

2.0
Jun 6, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

The pay is pretty good, looks good on a resume, good experience depending on clients you work on and people you work with

Cons

poor work/life balance, sometimes forced to eat hours, managers often micro-manage, you pretty much have to suck up to people to make it in this firm

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5.0
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Cons

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2.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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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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