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Great global Brand, Majority of people are intelligent, hardworking and honest. Great clients and exposure to a wide array of markets. Good starting point for your career. Options available to travel and work for Deloitte in other countries (like any big 4). You will learn lots and lots via practical application (even though you don't know what your doing).

Poor pay, some long hours. Partnership lacks integrity -bulling, exclusion and misinformation appears to be common. Don't expect Partners to have your back, they will throw staff under the bus at the first sign of trouble. The exec leadership lack interpersonal skills and are generally aggressive and unpleasant to deal with. No real (formal qualification) training like other Deloitte firms provide. Lots and lots of stick and little to no carrot. -Significantly Below Expectations.

The Partnership need to buck up there ideas. Staff are leaving in droves - the majority with negative feelings towards the company. Your staff are your life blood, treat them with respect. Worth considering scrapping Risk and absorbing into consulting. Remove the partners who contribute little and just surf other's coat tails (you know who they are). Your brand is not viewed positively in the Australian market - do something about it you can not continue to depend on the old Deloitte brand to carry you -people talk and it's not pretty.

I first joined the Sydney RA team as an intern, then moved on as a grad and now finally, an analyst. I can't speak on the behalf of any other team or location, but Sydney RA was a pretty good department with great colleagues. The work was varied and fast paced and there was never a dull moment. Some cons are definitely the hours of work- no matter how focused you are during your 7hr day, even if you skip lunch, you will never be able to complete all tasks. If you work extra  you won't be paid overtime. Their 'flex' work is a little bad e.g. you can take a longer lunch or pick kids from school, but it's expected you'll log back in afterwards, to complete your hrs, etc. There's also a lot of movement of people and projects- my mentor changed 3 times in 2 years for example, and it's the same with projects, you'll be jumping back and forth on things, but it's expected that you figure it out yourself. There's also a weird ego thing that I've noticed during my time e.g. when you cc several people in an email, partners like to be first, followed by directors, etc but if you ever have an issue, partners will never want to hear it and would direct you towards the senior analysts and managers.
Apart from this, the Sydney office does offer free caffeine, stocks some quality stationery & there's some great company discounts. 
My genuine advice for anyone joining Deloitte, or any other big 4, is be prepared to be overworked and on call at short notice and be comfortable with a low junior pay rate. 

I arrive at the client around 8:15am and proceed to the audit room. Switch on my laptop and immediately open Microsoft Outlook.  Go through mails and respond to 'higher important' e-mails first. 
Prepare a daily planner and catch up with my junior staff regarding delays, client requests and follow-ups and delegate responsibilities.
Catch up with the client regarding requests and outstanding documents.
Send completed testing sections to the manager for review.
Clear review notes on sections received from the manager the day before.
Work on other sections to complete it and send it to the manager for review.
Review work of junior staff.
Setup client meetings.
Update budget with actual hours spent.
Assist juniors with queries on their sections.
Deal with client queries.
Respond to mails received during the morning/afternoon.
Update from team in the afternoon on outstanding sections and issues.
Send out engagement status to client and audit team.
Submit timesheets.

We would work in teams on a daily basis. I have learnt how to write reports, testing the design and implementation of controls and documenting the operating effectiveness of controls. I have also learnt how to approach clients and team members in a professional way.
Most of the time every person managed their own work and reported to management at the end of each day on the progress of work for the day.
My co-workers/team members were great and very supportive.
The hardest part of the job was the long hours and not having a work/life balance. The management style was also difficult to adopt to and I wasn't used to the office environment there. I found it very enjoyable working in a team and learning something every day.

Ensure client files etc ready for day ahead. Open office, switchboard on, Attend to and distribute mail as required. Serve clients and direct to relevant accountant. Make and manage appointments. Process payments, invoices etc as required. Reconcile banking. Assist Service Delivery Manager/ step into role as needed. 
Filing. Data input and management of integrity of same within internal programmes as well as external data bases. 
Assist other departments as requested and directed. 
Gained industry specific knowledge. 
Busy days were sometimes a challenge.
Most enjoyable was being able to utilise and improve skills as well as learning new skills. Was sorry to leave as I relished the role and it's challenges.

Typical day at work is managing staff and deliverables in engagement and working directly with your contacts at the client. Co-workers are almost all young, and everyone is fairly social. Management varies widely depending on project. They have time-flexibility.Good Compensation Benefits, good peers and management
Skill enhancement - There are so multiple opportunities to increase your skills and the management provides many options to exercise one's talent and grow in the company.

A typical day for me includes meeting clients and having conversations about work and opportunities which can enhance the existing process.

As a lead senior there is immense learning around understanding the needs of people around and helping/trying to connect them with someone who can help them.

I encourage my team members to share their experience on the job and how we can enhance the experience for the team. 

Juggling a lot of things together is fun but too much of it at times makes it hard too!

The client meetings and discussions are most enjoyabe!

Overall - my time at Deloitte was positive. Sure i was almost burnt out after a few years, but the skills, exposure and confidence that place will instill into the right person will equip you for anything 

With respect to management, it's really dependent on where you are in the org and which area. But my personal experience from partners down to Directors was overall positive. 

Yes do need to say that the pay is rough for what your expected to do in order to get ahead, but again as above. Take the skills and move on

Very strong Performance Management Technology(Enterprise Performance Management) tools and technology implementation end to end.Expert Hyperion Planning,Essbase(BSO & ASO),Hyperion Financial Reporting,HPCM(Hyperion Profitability and cost management),ODI(Oracle Data Integrator),OFSAA,Reveleus.

A place like Deloitte is a great way to start your career because having it on your CV opens doors and really prepares you for the next role in your career. You have to be willing to put up with the ridiculous hours, and horrible culture though.

Managers are there because they're good at the technical part of their work but don't know how to lead people. It's cliquey. People are extremely overworked and stressed. The gossip is out of this world. It's like high school, but worse.

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