HApp Review

I work in the Private Equity team in central london. I do a lot of analysing billing, risk management and other admin tasks. I help put together presentations for reports, draw group structure diagrams as well as assisting teams on projects. My admin tasks include researching, taking meeting minutes and saving documentation to a database.

I haven't learnt a lot of skills, perhaps IT skills have developed a lot from being on a laptop all day. I have developed some soft skills such as communication skills, learning to ask the write questions and be professional at all times. I have also developed some admin skills such as taking meeting minutes.

I really wish I could say I enjoy the programme as it is an amazing opportunity but I do not. I do not get given enough work, so developing my knowledge and skills is incredibly difficult. I feel I lack support with regards to my qualification also. I do enjoy being with like minded school leavers however.

Quite disorganised. When we joined we didn't know for three months when our exams would be, which makes it really difficult to organise our year (ie. book holiday). I found this really stressful. Apart from our exams, not much else seems to be organised for us. Perhaps if the programme was more structure/more organised it would be much more enjoyable.

I do receive a lot of support from my career coach/manager. I raised the issue that I wasn't getting enough work and he has put some systems in place to help me. My delegation manger (person who is supposed to give me most my work) has been very supportive.

I do not receive much support. In fact, I feel very in the dark a lot of the time. I don't know who to ask. I need a lot more time in the classroom, and more one on one support, but this is just not available. I feel like more support should be available.

My qualification so far hasn't really helped me. The first year in Personal Tax and I work in Corporate Tax so it hasn't overly helped me perform better in my role. But next year I do CT so it should help next year. However, the knowledge from my qualification so far is helping me build a overall picture with regards to tax.

I think there are extra curricular activities such as a pantomime and sports teams. There are plenty of social activities within the sub teams, but unfortunately not much socialising between teams. There are a mix of activity socials such as watching comedy or just going for drinks. There are professional networking events to get involved in but you have to find them yourself.

Yes

I believe PwC is a good place to work, flexible hours, can work from home, and you can dress casually 'dress for your day'. I think unfortunately I am in a team where there is not enough work to delegate and as a result I find myself really unfulfilled. However, I believe if I was in another team I might have been better off.

Be yourself and try to be as confident as possible. Make sure you practise some skills such as drafting an email, maths skills and practise summarising and presenting information. Be positive and enthusiastic, and show an eagerness to learn. Make sure you do lots of research about PwC and the values.