After seeing how poorly layoffs/reviews/pay were handled, I seriously wonder how we're qualified to provide People/Human Capital consulting services... we can't even manage our own

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Terrible. People fired over the phone. Over hiring. Also seen some directors who have given 10 years to the firm let go. Severance for juniors is two weeks. How do partners who have been here 30 years not get this is very poor form?

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@pwc4 it's not just the federal practice but pwc US is the only Pwc that's using gmail. About the federal practice security -- that's BS because gmail can guarantee just as much security as Lotus. The only way Lotus notes is safer is that the email hacker will commit suicide from frustration before he manages to login

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I always thought pwc was the nice guy out of the big 4, but man what a bunch of bullshit this appears to be, cross them off the list. Hi kpmg you might win

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Lotus Notes? LOL

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FUCK lotus notes

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So? We do tech consulting and yes we still have lotus notes...

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FUCK lotus notes

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I couldn't believe it when I heard people were fired over the phone. One of my friends dialed into a CRT call (or so he thought) so be ambushed by HR. His partner dropped out of the call after only 2 minutes... Disgraceful. Also know mid-senior level staff with families who were given 2 weeks because they were lateral/industry hires who had been with the firm 2 years or less.

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Not only do we have lotus notes we have TWO sets of emails (one is gmail) because not everyone was ok with switching to gmail. It's RIDICULOUS omg

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If you are a new hire, most of this information is legit.

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The reason we have lotus is that the federal practice cannot use Gmail for some client deliverables due to govt sensitivity. But it is still completely ridiculous.

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Yes, anonymous will log into Lotus Notes once, see the interface and slow speed, and have a stroke.

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I'm in advisory practice and I still have to maintain and actively use my lotus notes email. Gotta love having to manage lotus notes in addition to my gmail and my client outlook email

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Definitely not EY. In terms of culture KPMG > EY > D > PwC

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My point was just to say many firms who are good at advising clients on certain topics aren't necessarily best practice in their own organization. BCG included.

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I agree. Often it's not the same people though. Your best partners (or whatever you call them) in the people practice are probably 0 involved in your HR processes.

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Omg at orientation I was shocked.

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If you don't know what you are talking about then keep your mouth shut. Lotus notes is for the federal practice (public sector) PS has to use lotus notes bc Gmail is lacking in security capabilities that the government requires. A very slow transition is happening but Google needs to compile to gov requirements first

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All rumors but February, 10% of FS. Current round, 15% across advisory. Who knows how things will look the next few months... Work normally slows down Q4 to begin with

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Compared to the digital agencies of other firms I don't think there's anything wrong with their digital practice... I just looked up instagrams for PwC Digital, DD, ACN Digital, McKinsey Digital, and BCG DV and DD is crushing everyone in terms of content and followers. Also their website is very aesthetically pleasing

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