I don't feel like my peers or my managers are people that I can look up to. It seems that KPMG hires so much that they'll let pretty much anyone into the firm. I don't like that my peers just go to work, go back home, and then repeat the process all over again. I would like a company where people are much more motivated to do things outside of work that are productive.

KPMG is lacking some serious leadership from the top. Your peers are great people to work with (analyst to senior), but the Directors and Partners are not very welcoming. One thing that I can say is that you will learn a lot about what NOT to do as a leader. Stable company with lots of business, but you will be working a lot of hours.

KPMG is about diversity and buiding a mentoring culture. We want everyone in our company to feel comfortable with the people that they are working with and the clients that they are working for. We have strong national leadership and they have engrained the company's goals into our head: we manage our clients' risk, we create profitable growth, and we must become the employer of choice in the accounting field.

We have so much fun in the office. We go to many happy hours and the Holiday Parties are so fun! I can honestly say that I have met many great people who I will be friends with for a lifetime.

I was brought into KPMG as a Senior Associate in 2007 for $95,000. For the past two years, I've received a raise of about $5,000 each year. I receive 25 days of vacation every year, which I absolutely love and use it to the fullest. 10 Holidays a year also makes me very happy.

As an intern, I was paid $22.50 per hour and received time-and-a-half when working overtime.

I am a Director at KPMG, and I have found that the mentality of the Tax practice is sell, sell, and then sell some more. I feel that the Partners have no ethics and will try to sell something regardless of being able to deliver on the project. Overall, I think the company is not that great and would not get my business if I was looking for accounting services.

There is a thing called "paying your dues" in this industry. This is referred to as working the grunt work like mad for the first three years until you finally do some high level work. During your first three years, you will be doing quality checks, working extremely hard, working late hours, and find yourself doing the same mundane tasks day in and day out. Work is not fun here

Instead of evaluating us on our contributions, value, and effectiveness, we are evaluated on our billable hours and how many billable hours we work. This puts a great strain on the culture because we're more focused on doing mindless work than actually creating value for our clients.

We get flex hours and we get paid-time-off. However, I have noticed that Managers and Partners look down on you if you use your benefits. If you want to grow within the company, you need to work extremely hard and not take your PTO.

KPMG has a vibrant and young culture. It feels nice walking into work and knowing that most of the people you're working with are from your generation. The employees are very diverse, and there are many women and minorities represented here. Office dress is very business casual unless we're meeting with clients or making formal presentations.

I would definitely recommend for people to work at KPMG. The hours are tough, the work is kind of repetitive, but I absolutely love the company culture, the people, and the fact that they take really good care of us. Compensation, job security, and company perks make this life more than worthwhile.

I was hired straight out of college in 2004 and was paid a salary of 42K. My current salary (4 years later) is 79K. I receive about $9000 in bonus at the end of every year.

I started in 2005 straight out of my undergrad in Tax and recevied $45,000. However, I did not receive a signing bonus.

There are a lot of politics here at KPMG. In order to get far within the company, you need to get in good with one of the partners. Just because you would be the best at a certain engagement, it does not mean that you will be staffed for it. If you have a partner on your side that can pull some strings, you will be staffed on all of the projects that you want.

I am in the Audit practive. The core of what we do is to ensure that everything in our client company is functioning the right way under a controlled system. We make sure thatt data is existing the system completely and accurately. So what we do are Quality Check: we sit down and compare numbers on sheets to make sure that they total correctly and much up well!

In the Advisory Practice, there is an excessive amount of travel. I have been traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast on a weekly basis. This is great in the beginning, but the travel quickly takes a toll on your health and morale.

I work at KPMG audit, and the people here are pretty ok to work with. I have not found that people love to party on a Saturday night or go out to happy hour together, but the office environment is quite fun.

In 2004, I was paid $44,000 as a second year Analyst. I believe that the entry-level salary coming out of college has significantly increased.

I love the people here! I'm able to work the long hours because everyone I work with is my close friend. I feel the Culture is Neutral though because the higher-ups only care about charegeability. They only care about completing your billable hours. As an analyst or a senior, they don't really care about us much.

I was an Audit intern for KPMG during a summer. The culture was great, young, and the people in the office work very hard workers. We went out all the time and had plenty of happy hour sessions. Managers and Directors are very friendly, but I did find the Partners to be a little intimidating. KPMG is always pushing for diversity (woman and minorities) and our dress code is business casual in the office.

My starting salary was $58k in 2008 straight out of college. 25 days of paid vacation (sick days are included).

I am very happy with my job! I am in the Advisory practice. I enjoy going to different clients and gaining experience and different companies. The hours can be long sometimes, but it's really not that bad. You will learn a lot and it's much better than having a 9-5 job at the same place everyday doing the exact same thing.

I was hired in 2005 as an Associate at KPMG where I received $50,000 salary. I don't feel that this is fair compensation considering that I graduated from Yale and received my Masters Degree in Finance there as well.

I know many people that are looking to switch to another accounting firm (including myself). Employee morale is low because the Tax business has slowed down significantly. KPMG has consistently stayed at the bottom of the Big Four accounting firms.