I have an offers for PwC, EY, and KPMG. All summer 2023 internships in audit on NYC. Same pay for all. I am deciding between PwC and EY. I have heard fromany people that PwC genenrally does not treat its employees as well as the other big 4s. Can anyone who has worked there speak about their own experience there?
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Given recent changes, I would assume PwC is probably more flexible with location and they're investing a lot in employees (remote options, 2 raises in the past year, and 2 promo cycles/yr). I can't speak to audit culturally as I worked in advisory but I know some of the best teammates I had were ones that moved into advisory from audit.
I work at EY, our offices are open but no back to the office order is expected anytime soon. With most of the company working remotely location is not much of an issue.
Shalom my fellow yid, don’t listen to them. It all depends on the teams you work with. I’ve had good experiences at PWC, come join us you won’t regret it.
I worked at EY. It’s a joke to think they are people first. I’ve found pwc to be much more people first but yes definitely dependent on the team. On a purely objective viewpoint based on benefits and firm policies, pwc wins the people first approach.
Honestly unless someone has worked on both of those specific teams in those specific regions they can’t give you true perspective. Ask the recruiters to talk to staff level members from both teams and see what they say. Culture in Big4 is more dependent on the team than the company.
I hated PwC because of my team, but when I worked with other teams some of them seemed like they really had a great culture/dynamic. I would have loved full time with the team I interned with, but I had to move cities when I flipped to full time. Internships are a great place to explore because you can flip firms/teams if you don’t love your internship team.
For an internship I’d 100% go with pwc. They will wine and dine you better than any of the others. I think pwc is known for its snazzy gifts.
FYI I did not intern with pwc, I came in as an experienced senior. I am really in awe at how many nice things pwc used to have a few years back, not sure if anything has changed
I would recommend you take the time to get to know as many people in each office as possible. I’ve had an incredibly positive experience with PwC and feel like I’ve been treated very well. I’m not in the NYC office though and the culture is going to vary widely from office to office, so talking to the people you’ll ultimately work with is the best way to make a decision.
Can I ask how much they’re offering you?
Around 35 and hour and time and a half for overtime (any time over 40 hour mark)
Is this an undergrad internship?
Can’t speak to the NYC experience, but I’ve been audit in multiple PwC offices and I’m not sure I would agree with that. I think most big four have similar issues that are common with public accounting.
That being said, the great resignation is changing a lot of things at all of the firms, which I’m sure is true for EY too. I generally like working at PwC. It’s worked for me through many stages of life and I do feel like I’m supported and have a good network.
I’m a recruiter at EY and that’s what I have heard. EY is a people first firm
Like everyone says, pockets of greatness and differences / outliers in both firms. Generally speaking, PWC is more of a sweatshop and EY is more of collegial culture.
My ex worked in audit at EY here in the city and he’d get home around like 9pm at the earliest. Quarter and year ends, 2am maybe 3am. Sometimes he’d just stay at the office. He also didn’t make nearly enough as he should have and was unsatisfied overall. This was 2017. Not sure if the culture has changed.
EY was the best experience for me. I’d go back in a second if they would take me.
I think maybe they didn’t like me oh well