Associate 1 Review

by PwC

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

5.7/10

1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

Auditor - Associate reconciliations, notes, test of detail EGA's, Test of control EGA's, learn from seniors interact with client and team internally inreact with team externally small responsibilities that are always reviewed before being completed

9/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

Excel skills have improved added towards my time qualification of ACA how to act professionally

7/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

work - not very much team - depending on the team. So far i have enjoyed working with all my teams. my expectatoins were a lot higher Not enjoying the work - find it boring - this seems ot be the view for a lot of the people at the company that i have met

4/10

4. How valued do you feel by PwC?

From the team and the people i work directly with I feel valued. By the company I can't say that I feel that valued.

5/10

5. How well organised/structured is your programme?

the programmed is very well organised in terms of training and support. The studying time I feel may be a bit time presurred but doable.

6/10

6a. How much support do you receive from your training provider?

nnot had any problems to require support

5/10

6b. How much support do you receive from your employer?

quite good support from people in the Flying start community and my seniors

6/10

7. How well does your salary/package meet your costs?

If I was to pay for my own accomodation it would not be enough but it meets my costs for now. A lot is spent on the travelling though as the location of the accomodation is far out of central london - In Essex. Also very time consuming to travel to and from.

4/10

8. Are there many opportunities outside of work?

Yes but I havent been involved except for the social events.

5/10

9. Would you recommend PwC to a friend?

9b. Why?

I wouldn't recommen audit but I would probably recommend the company for a different role.

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to PwC?

Be confident and make sure you have done your research on what and where you want to go from working there.