The Big 4 refers to the largest accounting and professional services firms: Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Hi all, I’m looking for a change from my current firm. I’ve been here (current firm) about 9 months but don’t dig the work. A total of 2 years B4 life sciences ops consulting experience with a ton of industry experience. I can survive here forever but don’t think I’m passionate enough. Bench is a bit heavy and pipeline is a little anaemic.
Anyone willing to talk/DM/refer for preferably a manager role, or SC role if compensation is commensurate?

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Hi all, I’m looking for a change from my current firm. I’ve been here (current firm) about 9 months but don’t dig the work. A total of 2 years B4 life sciences ops consulting experience with a ton of industry experience. I can survive here forever but don’t think I’m passionate enough. Bench is a bit heavy and pipeline is a little anaemic.
Anyone willing to talk/DM/refer for preferably a manager role, or SC role if compensation is commensurate?

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Hello! I’m Canadian and would ideally like to move to Switzerland. I have 2 years of AML Banking experience and am in Big 4 Consulting at the moment (Risk). I’m 24. How can I go about this?

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Hi everyone. My question is, what is the most common/effective career route to becoming a category manager in industry?

Background:
I’m ~3 years post undergrad in supply chain consulting (b4) and have bounced around b/t projects in procurement (mostly sourcing), planning, and a couple other random projects. I know I don’t have the experience to move into a category role directly from consulting. Should I look for roles in sourcing, buying, general supply chain manager? Thanks

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How’s the WLB and money outside big 4? Been in big 4 my whole life and at M level right now so want to explore what’s out there?

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Has anyone heard of Big 4 TAS layoffs lately?

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Has anyone heard of Big 4 TAS layoffs?

I’m trying to switch PA firms. I’ve responded to a couple recruiters from other B4 firms on LinkedIn, but they have not responded to me. What is the best way to get in touch with recruiters from PA firms? 99% of them on LinkedIn search results show that they are campus recruiters rather than experienced hire recruiters.

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Anyone have any experience working as a consultant in B4 in USA and moving to Qatar for 1-2 years? Effects on comp?

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Anyone have any experience working as a consultant in B4 in USA and moving to Qatar for 1-2 years for same job? Effects on comp? Pros/Cons?

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Best Oracle practice among Big 4? From the perspective of comp (salary, bonus, benefits) and WLB

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If the Big 4 (and others) were Harry Potter Houses? Go!

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Any fish here who moved to Dubai/ME from Europe/North America and moved back home after a few years? How easy was it to move back home in terms of finding a position that didn’t require a demotion?

I heard from one person that if I want to move to back to my home country after working a few years in Dubai as a big 4 SM, my experience wouldn’t be valued at big 4 in Europe/North America and I’d have to start at least one step back. Is that true?

Hoping to find better insights here!

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How are the big 4 holiday parties down here?

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Currently an M2 exploring a move from B4 to a smaller firm (top 10). Anyone have experience in that situation on the work, WLB, benefits? Not thrilled with the direction of my current firm and looking at options for after busy season.

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Big 4 Advisory SMs in Dubai: what’s your daily schedule like and how often do you travel to Saudi, Abu Dhabi, etc for clients? How often do you wfh? Thanks!

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Do any of the Big 4 do short term secondments (6 months) or are they always 2 years?

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My girl friend recently joined Deloitte and ever since she has joined they have had so many parties . I think it’s the big 4 culture . Is there something I need to be afraid of ?

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How is the work life balance for internal consulting at a bulge bracket, is it worth leaving big 4 strategy

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Junior Big 4 tax staff (3 years or less in Full Time experience) I just wanted to poll why you prefer so early in your careers to be remote?

Is it you don’t expect this to be a career and it is just a job? Lack of understanding that the first years in public accounting are easily the most fun? Came in and no one was there? Other?

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Field service / FSM consulting experience - 8 years and 12 years overall. Salesforce field service certified, what would be the ideal compensation for a consultant/technical architect in Canada/US??
Looking from answers from both small boutique consultancy or big 4 or other big consulting companies…

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Hello Fishes,

Can you help to refer in product based companies or big 4?
Serving notice period
Tech stack: Alteryx & tableau certified+ sap hana+ qliksense+ business objects+ excel
Yoe: 9

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How much base salary can you expect at Senior Consultant/Senior Associate level at Big 4 in Toronto ? Thanks

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What to wear Big 4 Holiday Party?

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Is it a bad idea to accept a job offer in advisory with a looming recession? Currently in SALT at a Big 4 and dying.

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How common is it to go from big 4 audit to A&M transaction advisory? Or do you need to go through big 4 FDD first?

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Is it possible to transition to VC post MBA if I attend a T15. 2 years of b4 consulting and 2 years of product ops at Meta. What can I study or what internships/pre-mba jobs can I apply to to prep myself for the transition?

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What would you say is the reason college recruits don't immediately try and get into A&M out of college? If the money is so good, and B4 status isn't important, how come there aren't long lines?

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Is Big 4 FDD to A&M PEPI a realistic move, at the lower levels (associate/senior).

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How are the benefits at your firm? Trying to leave my current B4 firm (goal is to exit to another big PA firm) for many reasons and hoping the benefits at other places aren’t as crappy.

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Hello! Would anyone be willing to give a referral for MBB or Big 4 in management consulting in Canada?

I would love to have a chat and ask a few questions. Thank you!

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What’s a good comp package for a Director level industry role non HCOL? ~11+ years of experience in big 4

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Headhunter reached out to me in linkedin for a big 4 role in management consulting.
Based in germany. Entire message is in german. I learnt german only at very basic A1 level and not enough for work or interview. what should I respond to him ?

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Hi all! Need some advice here. What kind of roles can I exit to after consulting for BIG4 doing technology strategy? I am more or less still inexperienced, 1 year of internship experience and 6 months of full time consulting experience at B4.

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Are Any NYC Am Law 100-200 firms hiring Junior Level Associates in Tax Group with LLMs from Big 4? Im looking to lateral. DM. TIA!

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How do promotions work at the big 4 like Deloitte , EY?

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Is it possible to go from big 4 audit to Alvarez & Marsal FDD or will I have to go into big 4 FDD in between?

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how does Project Leader role at BCG compare to Sr. Manager role at Accenture or Big 4

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Hi Everyone! Looking to learn more about the management consulting strategy arm in Big 4 - would love to have a chat and ask a few questions.

Thanks!

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Hi, I am currently making a lateral move from a B4 Real Estate Tax group to another B4 RE Tax group. The current offers are for both Chicago office. The first offer came from PwC RE Tax at 105K base with 15K Bonus. Deloitte BTS with 40% of the work also being RE (already knowing PwC offer) offerer is100k base plus 15k sign on bonus. I tried to negotiate the bonus with Deloitte, but recruitment replied immediately no final offer, meanwhile PwC has raised the sign on to 24k bonus. Wwyd?

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Me: 4.5 years in audit, Big 4, interviewed and accepted an offer in industry. You can let me know if your background differs and I can help tailor my responses to you.

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Providence Health & Services Anyone looking to exit to industry? I’m a former Big 4 revenue cycle consultant now leading the net revenue valuation and analytics at a large West health system with two current openings. One is in the data shop (SQL, cloud migration, Clarity) and the other is on the analyst side (budget/forecast, variance/trend analysis). Offshore team for the grunt work allows us to focus on value-add, including collaboration with our data scientists on integrating machine learning into our processes. Providence Health & Services

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Big 4 quitters...Did you have an Exit interview - which firm and what did they ask?

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Currently on my h1b visa which is expiring in 2021, but then it can be renewed/extended for another 3 years. When does company like Big 4 start the green card process?

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Got an offer from pwc in the data privacy role.
With 13.5 Lpa currently i’m at 12 and made switch on march.
Though my current company is an mnc but not that big and no work pressure is there, amazing work life balance. However, there is little to no learning and its very slow, the project is just starting and the client itself is not clear what they want. Do you think I should switch just because its a big 4. Please help me decide. Yoe -3.5

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I see lot of posts on hike and performance bonus.. Performance bonus is your variable pay right? Does big 4 really pay more than 100% variable pay!?

I have offer from Deloitte USI and KPMG global services. I am planning to join KPMG.. does KGS also pay good hike amd more than 100% performance bonus like deloitte?

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Does B4 let people go the same day as their resignation only if they’re going to a direct competitor? How about MBB or a tier 2 consulting firm?

Have people been let go immediately in case they go to FAANG or other industry firms?

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Hey guys! What is the standard CTC for a non-qualified in Big 4 currently with 5 years of experience?

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Currently, nothing exciting about my job at Big 4 so, would like to give myself 4-6 months before I give a shot at FAANG+M, any suggestions on what key skills I should focus on and tips for interview prep? Open to learn any new skill (hard or soft) that can improve my chance at faang. All suggestions that help me plan and execute this journey are welcome.

Results of my survey are in!!! The professions that pay the most are the following.

Big tech firms:
Big law:
I-banking:
Management consulting: l
Advisory at Big 4:
Doctor:
Quant at hedge fund
Fundamental analyst at hedge fund:

Thoughts?

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Anyone can give insight in B4 Risk in Houston/Dallas market?

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What’s it like working at MBB at the manager level? Anyone here lateral from b4 or ACN? Have an offer and curious about your experiences.

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What are the average age brackets at Big 4 to be a Con, Senior Con, Manager, Senior Manager, Director, Partner? Keen for people’s perspectives.

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What are the exit opportunities for big 4 M&A tax? Any chances to go to investment bank M&A or retiring as a big four partner is the best scenario?

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Anyone recently hired at Big 4 - are there still signing bonuses and referral bonuses? If so, what firm and how much?

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Anyone switched from big 4 tech consulting to big five banks? Would love to know which role you applied for and how, plus how’s the culture and WLB?

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How are hours at big 4? In strategy/transaction teams

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EY TC Senior Managers, what is your comp structure? 11 YoE with previous Big 4 (PwC) and AI tech start up experience

Is it hard to get into Salesforce? Big 4 consultant with 10 yoe, mostly in ERP/CRM implementation and program/project management, have Salesforce Admin cert but not much hands on experience due to mostly management exp, looking into Director TPM roles - should I apply? Or should I wait until I somehow gain more hands on SF experience?

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Hey all! My organization is looking to hire an Account Manager/Director/Customer Success person that will be managing junior consulting resources with clients. They will be placing them with those clients and then managing them. Are there any roles like this out there in the ecosystem or that maybe some of you are currently in? What kind of job title do you have if you are in a role like this? This is a brand new role for us and uncharted territory haha

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Article 13 passed, time to close the Europe meme bowl! 🤣

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Long story short I REALLY want to get back into soccer but have not kept up in nearly a decade how the hell do I get caught up to speed?

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Just accepted a job at big 4, I have 1 YOE experience as a data scientist, plan is to stay for 2 years then go to MBB or masters…thoughts?

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Hi Fishes, I'm about attend Hr discussion in few days for Freshworks Inc. What is the salary slab for lead software engineer? How much I can ask for? Current CTC : 20lpa. I dont hold any offer so far.. Please help me with your insights

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When Parents want you to see Baghban with them, show them chhichhore instead 😁. #mondayblues

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Hey folks, I’m a strategy person who just got put on a data project. Can someone sum up the key strategies in generating insights from data in a couple sentences? We’re looking at huge amount of shipping data and SM wants me to come up w/ daily insights. No clue where to start.

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Any SFCC Architects or Tech leads looking for a change? I have an urgent requirement in my team. Please DM for more information. Thanks

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Where are the best places to post jobs to find diverse talent?

Any advice on massage chairs? I mean legit full body experience, not the iJoy type junk. Really want one, but hard to pull the trigger online & don't know where to go to try them out.

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I have a virtual interview with Tesla tomorrow for an internship position. What should I wear? This would be first internship, so I’ve never interviewed for a position like this and am not sure how to dress (especially given it’s virtual). Any advice is appreciated. Thanks!

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Is there any opening for us taxation role in BDO ,BDO India,Bdo canada llp,BDO USA, LLP 1.8 Years of experience and let me know how the life and work life balance will be there in us taxation role in BDO

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Book recommendations for 6th grade?

Any advice for a first time manager ?
Context: after ~10y in technical then marketing role, taking over a team of analysts, first management position.
Tips, readings, stories, … are welcome 😁

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Deloitte or dixon hughes goodman? Considering accounting advisory at one of the two. Deloitte has a better brand name but based on the talk here it seems like the pay and hours are dogshit. Thoughts anyone

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For those who have to report on financial performance regularly to either the CFO or related execs: how do you get past the nerves? Honestly my work culture is super chill but I still get anxiety.

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Could anyone share ISSP certification study guides or general info?

Hi all, negotiating with HR on salary for a new AS position and want to know what’s fair. I was an AE for two years, took a promotion at another agency for SAE for only 8 months and am now being recruited for AS at 80k. All of my agencies have been large, I’ve worked on pharma and a large global account, I also started “managing” at the AE level due to my team’s structure. Is $80k fair? Thanks!

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Hi Team,

I soon going to join Mindtree. How about shifts I don't need night shifts (due to personal reason) it is possible to say to HR and work on APAC or EMEA(Noon) shift

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