Arbeitsatmosphäre

- No integration with the existing team.
- Managers in a higher position (senior consultant) ignored the analysts on a daily basis - no team building.
- Criticism, dishonesty, no transparency from managers with a higher position.
- Massive conflict of interest as our supervisor was the niece of the director.
- We were not invited to participate to the team meeting.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

The organization, the communication, the integration, the goals, and the tasks allocation were a disaster. Work had to be done several times in a row because of miscommunication and lack of organization from the managers. Training was required for us (new hire) to be functioning rapidly. However, the manager in charge of the project did not organize such training or answered our questions. As a consequence, the project was delayed, we were blamed for the lack of output due to their disorganization, the workload increased, and an unpaid weekend extra work was requested. Summary: Poor project management and general management skills from the managers.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

The older team (senior managers) was very unpleasant to work with, in contrary with the younger team (consultants & analysts), which was welcoming and pleasant to work with.

Interessante Aufgaben

No previous knowledge was required for this position. No learning opportunity, routinized work, manufacturing-type of functions. Employees are replaceable. Not interesting tasks!

Kommunikation

Communication with the managers was the worst: they didn't know how to give constructive feedback, to deal with conflicts and to talk respectfully to solve one: Screaming and sarcasm were used instead of wise communication when a problem arises. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL

Gleichberechtigung

N/A

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

The older team is very unpleasant to work with: unrespectful behavior, ethically incorrect way of talking, no possibility of engaging a legit discussion about payday/holiday/weekend work without getting screamed on/ no and ignoring greetings in the morning. However, the younger team of consultants & analysts was welcoming, and it was nice to work with them.

Karriere / Weiterbildung

The learning opportunities are very small. As the work is routinized, the learning curve can become flat very fast over time (6-8 months). The possibility to get a promotion within a year is very thin.

Gehalt / Sozialleistungen

Saturday-Sunday work (when needed) was not paid either compensated (which is illegal in CH). Salary was ok.

Arbeitsbedingungen

- No respect for the employees in lower positions (Mobbing-ish behavior & intensive Micromanagement). I never felt so unmotivated by the leadership of a company. The intense micromanagement, disorganization and the lack of constructive feedbacks end up to be very unproductive and poorly impacted the project.

- Superiors' way of talking & behaviors were (most of the time) ethically incorrect and disrespectful

- Massive conflict of interest as our supervisor was the niece of the director.

- No career opportunities in higher positions.

- No inspiring role-model for thriving work experience.

- Saturday-Sunday work (when needed) wasn't paid nor compensated (which is illegal in CH). HR and other structures that should exist to protect the employees were inefficient.

- THE KITCHEN IS A SMOKING ROOM; the smell goes everywhere and the whole office smells like a cold ashtray every morning.

- The 6th floor of the building is a hookers club (office on the 5th floor)

Fact: 4 consultants resigned within a period of 6 months. Majority of the remaining employees are looking for another work opportunity elsewhere.

Umwelt- / Sozialbewusstsein

THE KITCHEN IS A SMOKING ROOM

Work-Life-Balance

Jan-Feb-March months are very busy because of the fiscal season. After this period, the working hours become softer.

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Deloitte Tax Reporting Services (part of Deloitte Luxembourg) is a small team of 20 French-speaking persons. Not to be mistaken for Deloitte Switzerland.

Contra

- Communication
- Organization
- People skills
- Respect towards other employees
- Unprofessionalism from the managers and the directors
- Working Atmosphere / Culture
- Location & the smocking office

Arbeitsatmosphäre

Unsurprisingly, in audit you will be working long hours under a lot of pressure particularly during busy season. Honestly, it's nothing short of catastrophic.

Vorgesetztenverhalten

As mentioned, backstabbing, incompetent mangers with lack of leadership skills. I really can't put it any other way.

Kollegenzusammenhalt

You shouldn't let the superficial friendliness of you colleagues, particularly managers fool you. They'll stab you in the back at the first occasion.

Interessante Aufgaben

If you enjoy audit, sure. You'll get to see different companies from different industries and that can be interesting. However, especially as a new joiner, you'll be doing very monotone tasks that are very boring.

Kommunikation

Basically non existent. You'll get a bunch of e-mails in the typical corporate design from partners/managing partners that are not relevant to you and you don't have time to read anyway. The really important information you'll have to gather from your peers.

Gleichberechtigung

Yes, as a women you'll get preferential treatment and there are efforts to support women in general but that's not really "equality" in my view.

Umgang mit älteren Kollegen

As mentioned in other comments, either you make it to partner, of you leave be company before your 45th birthday (probably a lot sooner).

Karriere / Weiterbildung

Certainly one of the better points. The audit exam is paid for by Deloitte but beware, you may end up having to pay back a part if you leave the company too early.

Gehalt / Sozialleistungen

At first glance fine, however if you calculate you'll hourly wage more on the low side. Certainly not the biggest issue here.

Arbeitsbedingungen

As a new joiner pretty bad to be honest. You'll be working on a slow laptop with a very small screen at the client site a lot otherwise "hotdesking" is the key word here and that's not a good thing.

Umwelt- / Sozialbewusstsein

Honestly, given how much paper is wasted due to unnecessary printing, pretty catastrophic.

Work-Life-Balance

Obviously work-life-balance is a joke, but it probably isn't any different at any of the other Big 4 to be fair.

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As mentioned, they refer to the Big 3 in Switzerland for a reason (and Deloitte is not among the Big 3 to be clear). Just look and see how many SMI companies are audited by Deloitte. It's not a coincidence.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

• Honestly, I'd give up on Swiss audit completely and focus on consulting, which seems to be a lot better in Switzerland.

Pro

They have nice Nespresso coffee machines at the office.

Contra

The many points mentioned above.

Verbesserungsvorschläge

• Building on my previous statement regarding the people aspect of the business. Our partners should never forget how it was on the other side when they were on their way to the top. Times are changing and the old way of consulting is about to experience a downfall as more and more younger employees will prioritize their ambitions, professional and personal goals in a more personal-centric way. As a last take away... the partnership should know that we asked a question like "how does the strategy impact us?" the people want to know what changes they have to expect and not what the partners believe will happen to them...

Pro

Generally Deloitte is a good Big 4 to work for. I want to honest, I have some difficulties to come up with anything that is outstandingly positive. I reckon seeing the positive aspects is always harder than the negative, hence do not take my words to be the absolute truth and make sure to make your own experiences. Overall I would say that Deloitte as an employer is not bad, but also not great.

Contra

Where shall I begin... my biggest take away working for Deloitte (Consulting) is that it is a people business. However, the management is moving further and further away from its people, forgetting what it means to run a people business. This begins from growing its people and ends with the appreciation they receive, even if they do a good job.
I have met managers that are not interested in the people that work for them and regard them only as means to an end. Deloitte prides itself as an excellent jump start for a career, but instead the Grads and Juniors face a learning curve that is subject to the good will of the assigned manager on either a project or internally. If the manager is tied down with his workload he / she will not have the time to teach / or jump start anyone and the only thing that counts is getting the work done. It is swim or drown and anyone joining Deloitte will have to swim to survive. This for me is not even the scary part... what makes me doubt the firms ability to run a people business is that they have no interest in helping others to learn to swim. Worst of all the defragmented way they provide feedback to their employees through bi-yearly feedbacks that are an accumulation of different reviews from different people and by the time the employee has a chance to improve it is too late for it to have any impact on the ongoing performance year. (Also the employee has no direct way of challenging a feedback)

What is important is that this is my personal perspective and who ever reads this should consider to make his or her own experiences by talking to some current and ex Deloitte employees to make your own opinion.

I will definitely leave Deloitte, being one of a very high turnover rate this year.