Have 2 offers - Deloitte - 95k
KPMG -108k for the same role.
Deloitte says I’m at the top of the pay band and refuses to move up to match KPMG. However, they are offering a 5k starting bonus now. Is there something I’m missing. I thought the Big 4 firms mostly paid about the same.

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Take the KPMG offer ... Jump to Deloitte a yr later with a higher offer

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100% agree

Salary > Bonus always

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KPMG. It’s not just the 13k/yr, it’s the fact that you can leverage that 108k as a starting point for your next role

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Enjoy KPMG

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I worked for both, and KPMG pays better.

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Money talks... What's the question?

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Does KPMG pay more because they are less prestigious than the other Big 4?

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A1 what does your friend do at Amazon/YOE?

KPMG, this isn’t even a question unless there’s something we don’t know (like you’d hate the team at KPMG or something)

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Yea take KPMG no question. If you don’t like it go to different B4 in a couple years. You’ll regret it if you take the lower salary

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What's the business / industry / level? Deloitte has moved to be heavier on variable income.

However, without other information I'd 100% go with KPMG.

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What practice is this? More salary trumps bonus!

Not sure I get the question unless you really want to work for Deloitte. If you do, I would suspect it’s for other intangibles - better boss, different scope or responsibilities etc. If so, Deloitte is using these other intangibles to validate paying less then market. Since it sounds like you already negotiated and all other factors being equal, just take the KPMG job. Nobody said the Big 4 who compete each other for talent pay the same.

Deloitte is not what it used to be. The consulting wing has moved into being a services firm à la TCS, HCL, and/or IBM. The shift in operating model was done to deliver what supposedly their clients wanted. The S&O of yore is long gone.

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