PwC folks, anyone willing to share their thoughts on the firm culture, comp, growth potential, etc? I received an offer for MC at the Director level, debating whether the bump is worth it.

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Good - premium brand, great relationships with client executives; really strong people, top notch campus and exp hires; deep industry expertise

Bad - lots of turf wars, infighting between groups for revenue; cannot compete on price, firm is trying to figure out how to be more competitive through onshore and offshore delivery centers and experimental business models; weaker in tech then Deloitte and ACN

Prob a great move if you are niche that is in high demand, but if you are selling more commoditized services PwC could be a tough place to carve out / build a business

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Nice, director at PwC is a big deal, $200k plus, I say go for if the pipeline is strong, if they are struggling to sell work I'd be wary

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Not a lot of sharing....directors keep ppts and deliverables to themselves. Everyone thinks tgat you may steal their client. Risk averse x 1 million. You will hear....we are a 180 year firm we do not do new things. This translates into using old frameworks that were created by partners eons ago to solve new problems.

Very deferential....seniority wins here....without any debate. Basically if a partner says something....even if it is wrong nobody will ask him to explain.

I really regretted the move. only born and bred or people who are willing to blindly follow old frameworks do well here.

Id recommend deloitte, slalom, another acn division or even industry over pwc

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Yes. Last 3 years I've averaged $9M in sales per year.

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Interesting. Appreciate the perspective.

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Careful b/c directors have sales targets. Have you sold work?

Currently a new SM promote. Work is pretty niche - focus is on MC services as it relates to transforming a specific component of client operations (don't want to give away too much, doubt there are many, if any, other offers out for the type of work I do).

Thanks @SC1

Though if you're doing so well at Accenture, aren't you on tract for partner? Seems like a waste to leave that!

You are prob better off staying at acn if what you sold previously was anything tech related. Pwc has bssically zero IT skills or delivery skills when compared to acn.

I made a similar move (along w several acn friends) and we all left within 12-24 months

Awful culture compared to acn too...much more focused on rules, appearance and position than acn.

@SC2 - not tech related, pure MC / Strat work. Can you expand on "awful culture"?

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