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Alvarez & Marsal Does Alvarez & Marsal have a policy that allows employees to work from another country for a certain amount of time (outside the US) for non business purposes?

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Can anyone give any insight into Aprio? A recruiter let me know they would be open to a very high offer for me to move from EY. How are the benefits? And what are some considerations I should be think… more

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On the buy-side, assume bonus liability is included in NWC (seller would not accepts debt like treatment), and Management only books a bonus accrual annually, how would you get the mid year bonus accr… more

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AI keeps improving but yet we still don’t have an AI tool to take detailed notes ?

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we take so many notes for most to not even land in the report :(

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What is the highest annual compensation you've heard or seen a B4 or A&M FDD partner make? Anyone think there are any senior FDD partners who could pull in $5m per year?

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When exit ops are discussed on here I don’t see exiting as a Controller as much as I would thought. In general, is it a type of role that most people stay away from? Or it’s common and understood as a… more

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Going off of the last post, and like the dozen others I’ve seen over the past few months, what have y’all actually seen your SA, M, SM peers leave to do? It always gets asked as a hypothetical questio… more

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Ignore my title. I’m tired of doing FDD. What are some good exits for a FDD M2?

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On a POC job. What’s the best way to make contract selections for the adjustment? Do you just take the largest ones over the HP that account for a significant % of revenue? What other factors do you t… more

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Can someone explain to me how some people who clearly weren’t hard working in highschool suddenly become 50-70 hour a week workaholics once they become adults? Why not just be hard working from the st… more

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What’s the equivalent of FDD/AAS in Deloitte? They have goofy names for everything and I’m too dumb to figure it out myself

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Does A&M comp actually beat PwC comp

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I'm looking to get into value creation or working capital. Would anyone be willing to refer me? If you have insight on the practice (positive or negative) please share.

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Where's the exit for my m&a tax folks? Finding it hard to stay motivated with the work lately, not sure if its just my team or how the market is turning our clients into feral animals but its … more

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Ignore my title. I have 1 year of B4 audit experience, and more recently, 1 year at MM FDD. any shot at landing an Associate role at A&M?

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Questions about moving from FDD associate at MM to senior associate at PwC. How strict are they on having the CPA on this level (have the credits but did not sit for it yet). Also, anything else to c… more

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Anyone have an idea of what FTI FDD pays M1’s in HCOL?

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Do FDD partners have an inferiority complex? Had coffee with 2 of them recently (at different B4s) and both felt the need to weave into the conversation why they didn’t go into IB, PE, Corp dev, etc. … more

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Are we gonna see another 2021 deal market this year?

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Hiring seems to be opened, received 3 linked in messages this morning about FDD positions, 2 from the Big 4

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Does anyone know if PwC is offering the M&A academy again this year? Seems like the deals market is decently strong and hopefully mid tier deals will pick up this year. I’d like to make the switch… more

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How often, if at all, are you pushing back on staffing? Especially when you are at capacity

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What’s the difference between Parthenon TS and EY TS? Is there even a EY TS anymore?

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what role can i pivot to as a senior in FDD?

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Is there a feeling of camaraderie at B4 FDD? I’m kind of silo’d away in MM in a small team. Miss the feeling of shooting the shit

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What are hours like at A&M’s new corporate transactions group? You guys pulling 60 hour weeks often or is it not that bad?

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Did GT raise their FDD pay? Just saw a doc saying they’re paying M1’s in HCOL roughly ~$185k which essentially gets them to PwC numbers. Wondering if it true.

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Maybe not a hot take, but anyone else hate collaborating with the other side of a deal? I.e. fielding counter diligence requests/calls/etc.. Easily my least favorite aspect of the job

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What’s your typical S1 salary range at EY?

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Has anyone hit the $1m net worth milestone excluding homes? If so, what age did you do it?

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How common is it for people to transfer into an IB analyst role after 3 years in the workforce? I hear rumors about “aging out” and am wondering if there’s any negative view towards someone who would … more

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advice for coming back after 2.5 weeks off

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does working out help get your mind off this job? all i do is work and bed rot during the weekdays and ive been feeling depressed and anxious all the time

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Has anyone ever moved form Transaction Diligence to Sales & Trading, how did you go about that? Context: Will have to recruit for a FT role my senior year after my summer internship

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Anyone who’s moved from TAS to IB - was it worth it?

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Where can I go from big4 FDD that has better pay/wlb? Or significantly better pay with similar wlb

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New years calc: if i had worked for buccees team lead and if i had worked the amount of hours i did in fdd, id have earned much more at buccees in LCOL than in fdd HCOL. Damn they pay so good

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Every time I’m on break/PTO, I snap out of the trance around this job and feel like I should just quit and do something better with my time lol. Anyone else?

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how to stop thinking about work while on break? on a long sell side and i’m off this week on winter break and i can’t stop thinking about all the work waiting for me when i get back… plz help

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