PwCers, does it feel like the firm is going cheap? Here are my observations: 1.Manager bonus drop 2.Letting go IFS stuff 3.Cracking down on out of market training 4.Cheap holiday party 5.Lenovo to HP

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You guys still get your phone bill 100% covered and your bonuses beat EY's at almost every level . So I don't have much sympathy for you.

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I came from Deloitte recently. They are doing the same thing. I heard partners to tell seniors over their that bonuses were going to be small, along with pay bumps. At Deloitte you couldn't get any type of gear without a WBS. Not a mouse. USB. Headset. Nothing. There was the start of an expense crackdown when I left too. I've heard from some partners that PwC is a little more responsible with their hiring. No rapid hiring and firing like at Deloitte. I'd like to think that it's true and maybe the reason for the trimming of some perks. Anyone have any insight?

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This is just a clever ploy to drive out more employees. Good luck retaining current employees and enticing new hires, or perhaps this your evil plan all along? W T F. This is delusional PwC. You don't mess with people's healthcare. Get you shit together, you cheap f@cks!!!!!!!!

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^ amateur hour of cheap firms. They have just begun to cut corners!

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Also the top tier health plan got cut per today's email and deductibles went up

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And raising the deductible amounts for the middle and high deductible health plans.

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Can y'all stop putting Disney and discover going in the universe?

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Not to mention they just made Tax 2 training optional as opposed to being a requirement before.

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My group was over staffed at the staff and senior manager level. Never enough seniors/managers which are the critical levels.

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They cut the annual upgrade 1/1/2017. Stay tuned for additional cuts

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There's a recession looming. Would you rather these cuts or be laid off in a couple of months?

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@kpmg1 Internal Firm Services - HR, recruiting, scheduling, etc.

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KPMG has been off plan every year I've been here. Leadership is clearly full of it at this point.

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@pwc15 it's the end of internship thing

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I also heard we have huge losses/expenses due to investments in technology we have to write-off or impacting bottom-line. Partners are unhappy because no increase in partner profits although we've been growing/increasing profits so now cutting other expenses since top-line growth isn't cutting it...

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Haha. The monitors. I swear I saw vultures hovering around my cube when I left trying to scoop my old monitors because theirs were screwing up and they couldn't get new ones. Ahhh... memories.

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lol I can practically get anything without a WBS. Mouse, Keyboard, Monitor. Things aren't all that bad.

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@PwC 5, I see what you're saying... but no one else can buy a phone for the $200 subsidized upgrade cost anymore :( Walk into any AT&T store and you're paying $$ per month for that garbage AT&T Next plan which equates to $600 for the phone.

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None of these matter to me. I hate those laptops anyway

We've cut all corners

Did they recently replace the healthcare benefit?

What's IFS?

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