People tend to look after themselves at Deloitte. I have seen many professionals back-stab each other just to get a promotion. The way you are staffed on projects is very political, and in order to get on the best projects you need to be in good with the staffer and the manager or partner leading the project. Deloitte does not care about your personal life and demands that you make your personal life a Deloitte life.

This is a very political firm. Staffer, Partners, and Managers choose their favorite employees and give them the best projects. When it comes to performance reviews, you better have established a good connection with your Manager or else your review will come out mediocre at best. It is now about who can perform the best in the company, it is about who can kiss up to the manager the best.

I was very unhappy with my time at Deloitte. They talk about having a good work/life balance, when in actuality, you spend so much time traveling and on the client site that your work becomes life. I always felt guilty when I took vacation time off, it was as if they didn't want me to take time off and expected me to work 24/7. The work really burnt me out.

Deloitte looks great on paper to a successful college graduate. They do a great job blinding a recruit from what Deloitte stands for and who they are behind the scenes. Certain senior managers can get away with whatever they want because they are, in fact, senior managers. If you can find a way to kiss your managers butts to get up to that level, it might be ok. Do not plan on getting there without going through years of burn out and no life outside of Deloitte.