Pros
Working at PwC helped increase my confidence and advanced my career in unimaginable ways. I doubled my salary within 2 years of leaving the firm and will never fear being unemployed as most companies will automatically hire you if you have Big 4 experience. The people are amazing at the firm as well. It was a great experience working with the best and brightest minds. Having so many driven, highly intelligent people around pushed my skills to new levels which greatly surprised me. I continually learned something new from my peers and management up to my very last day at the firm. Aside from work, everyone I met at the firm was very interesting and made some great friends during my time there.
Cons
Expect long hours with below average compensation. There is no 401k matching, slightly below average medical coverage and RBAP is a joke considering the majority of employees are burnt out and leave by their 2nd and 3rd years. Being more capable than your peers results in much longer hours & pressure with minimal compensation increases. I worked a couple hundred more overtime hours than my peers and was highly favored by my management, but only received a standard pay increase and roughly $1k more in bonuses than my peers. The firm advertises "Work-Life Balance" and "Partners That Care" very aggressively to its staff, but it is far from the truth. All work-life balance initiatives always have a caveat of "unless there's a business need." Unfortunately, there is ALWAYS a business need to work longer hours, fly home on Friday evening (instead of Thursday) or not attend "fun" or "community service" days. As for partners, employees are nothing more than a number- they do not want high turnover rates in their practice as it affects their bonuses and add costs to train a new employee. As long as you do not affect sales, all staff can be considered highly replaceable- if you quit, there will be hundreds of other people just as capable waiting to get a chance to get into the firm. Thus, it's very understandable that partners do not care about their staff.