How would you describe your firm's culture?

POLITICS. I think it is mostly about this in most firms.

Deceptively cooperative in the face of relatively good natured competition. At least my team is. Hard to judge with not spending too much time at office.

Super friendly and great coworkers...but you better find the right roles if you want to move up.

The firm as a whole? Absent. It's inherently full of micro-cultures.

Selectively "One firm". Only when it's mutually beneficial

Full of people that ask stupid fucking questions

Too broad a brush to say what's a 'company' culture. It varies a lot. With teams, services, etc.. And most people juml between firms. So, it's a cocktail.

I meant within the strategy consulting teams... Many throw around the usual buzz words (meritocratic, people-centric, entrepreneurial, ... ) but from my experience jumping around the actual experience can be very different. I would say KPMG is cold, disorganized, and riddled with political traps. Anyone else care to share?

I think we hire uniquely down to earth and probably naive people at entry level. Definitely could be capable, but the firm exploits those qualities in every possible way.