I’m a staff 1 at the SF/SJ office in the Bay Area, CA. A friend of a friend told me that his starting salary two years ago in audit was 69k at EY. Given that ours is/was 61K(started last year), is he

732 applications the last 11 months that doesn’t include since the start of the pandemic looking for work. Out of that only 117 have been viewed that’s 6% viewed! the hiring process is completely broken, human resources, managers, and hiring managers are not capable! The same jobs open for 2 1/2 yrs reposting salaries after interviewing 100 then cutting the salary by up to $50k They say can’t find people but they fire you in 90 days when your working 80 hours a week or people are walking!

Hi Sharks

How is work culture and work life balance, projects with BDO India under digital transformations team?

Please provide your inputs. I been victim of false comments and wrong info for my current organisation and suffering

Your inputs are valuable thanks in advance

Which company to choose FIS or Amdocs? In term of learning opportunities and employees benefit.

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Comparable salaries?

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If you join amazon in Oct. Will you be eligible for hike in the next cycle

Hey Sharks,

I have 4 years experienced with 8 LPA in Accenture.
Current have an offer for 11.5 in TCS.
I have HR discussion with Robert Bosch today. How much I can ask them ?

How many fishes here who have got more than 500% hike while switching?

Inhand take home monthly pay for 20lpa in Accenture india? Can anyone please let me know the same? On the verge of getting an offer

Will Accenture match the package of existing best performance people with laterals doing less work with same yoe in the same team if they are working

Hi Fishes,

Wanted to know which one is better option to choose in terms of Work/Life balance, Career growth,hike and job security?

1. Deloitte India
2. Accenture

Skills- SAP CPI
YOE- 2+

Thanks

How long does it take for EYP to give updates on lateral candidates after the final round?

I’m good at conceptualising — but how can I become a better writer?
I saw some copywriting courses on ‘42 courses’. Does anyone have any experience with their courses? Or have any other recommendations?

Can anyone help me with a referral in big4?

Skills: Devops & AWS
Yoe :4.5

*Input on Salary* I have two opportunities in hand.
1) EY GDS - Assurance Senior
2) BDO Rise - Assurance Senior

I am an ACCA affiliate with 2+ years of experience in Assurance. What can I expect in terms of compensation?

Thank you in advance.

BDO BDO RISE Private Limited EY

How important is the border issue for you all when voting? My first time being so close to the border, and I still don't see how it's such a big deal smh

How the variable amount will be paid in Standard charted GBS and also how about the special allowances

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Anyone working for the city? I put in an application months ago and still haven't heard back from them

How much does KPMG KGS offer for
Role: Consultant
Location: Pune
YOE: 9
Profile: BA, Financial Services Solutions

If you put your two weeks notice in, are you obligated to show up? I told my friend, yeah, of course unless your agency asks you leave. Right?

When you have a client with little to no name recognition, what are your best tips (besides a good pitch/story) for getting on reporters’ radars?

Transplants — what's your favorite part about living in Phoenix?

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Anyone familiar with Ephesoft Transact that would let me pick their brain?

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Who’s your celebrity crush? 😍

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What advice would you give a student who wants to enter engineering but doesn’t cope with stress all that well?

Ladies, are gifts important to you?

When I start getting too excited about rolling off an engagement, I remind myself that the next one will likely be much worse.

Since it seems like every service line and every public accounting firm is bleeding people where are all these people going? Are there that many open jobs in industry?

Hoping for help w/ studying. TRANSACTION CYCLES?? I see inconsistent lists online and in books: (Revenue, Purchasing, Inventory, Payroll) vs (Sales, Purchasing, Payroll, Financing) vs....

Anyone hear talks of layoffs in Advisory? I know my office is laying off Assurance and BTS (Tax) staff but haven't heard much of Advisory yet.

When negotiating salary, what would be a good ask for tax Asset Management SM salary + signing bonus MCOL?

I feel like so much of my job is planning and scheduling that I have 0% left to plan and schedule my personal life. Is that normal? Do I need a Microsoft to do list for normal life 😣

How long did it take before you learned to just embrace the craziness?

What’s the deal with work phones at KPMG? Coming from Deloitte where work phones are given.

Does anyone have experience or know of someone who went on a FWA (part-time) but didn't have kids? I'm unmarried and no kids but considering a move to 30 or so hrs/week for my sanity.

Anyone have their CFE? Just wondering what you have done or plan to do with it and what the test was like.

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

Advice for someone having to audit in an arm sling the next three weeks?

Any ACCA students register for an exam using the new website? No combo of dates or locations ever works under 'Add Exam'.

Anyone have their CCIFP certification? If so, how difficult and time consuming is the process of getting certified?

Highest number of billable hours you have seen in a year?

Apple Watch or Fitbit? Does anyone have both? If you have both, do you use the Apple Watch as a regular watch and the Fitbit for working out? Just curious to see what people think. Thanks!

FAANG is now MAMAA (Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet)…Whoa Mama! As if there weren’t enough acronyms in our lives. Happy Friday All!!!