Total people number 6,203

By grade


While we still have work to do, PwC continues to fortify our ongoing investment in developing our female leaders. Twenty-five per cent of our executive team is female, up from 9 per cent in FY07, and in FY09 we were recognised as an EOWA Employer of Choice for Women. We have increased the percentage of women in the majority of grades this year and currently employ an almost equal portion of females to males across the firm.

Flexibility by the numbers

Just over 1,060 of our partners and staff participated in eQuilibrium, our initiative to improve and support the wellbeing of our employees and their families. More than 1,100 of our people took advantage of the ability to purchase additional annual leave. Our people took 3,716 weeks of total paid and unpaid parental leave, and 90 per cent of our employees returned to work after parental leave. More than 255 people came to Australia on secondment, and 157 of our people went overseas for a secondment. More than 3,500 of our people opted to take 10-15 days of unpaid leave to help ensure the fabric of the firm was preserved through the global financial crisis.

Feedback from our people

Every year our quarterly Pulse surveys provide anonymous insights into how our people feel we are doing as an employer. These are some of the FY09 findings:

  • 88 per cent of our people say they are proud to work at PwC.
  • 80 per cent feel they have the opportunity to work on challenging assignments that contribute to their development.
  • 90 per cent of our people are satisfied with the actions the firm is taking to be socially responsible.
  • 76 per cent of our people are happy with the ways in which PwC is addressing its impact on the environment.