Is big 4 or MBB all it’s cracked up to be? Or is it better to be at a smaller firm? What’s more important to you in life: the name/prestige or do you value other things and what are those values? Just curious to hear people’s opinions

Senior manager and associate partner at MBBKOW how comfortable are you in dubai? Can you afford a nice house, car and generally (within reason) not worry about money?

Assume wife works as manager in big 4 consulting

Aside from MBB, which firm pays their employees the best?

Hey Fish Fam, I am about to put in my two weeks notice at a Big4. Going to industry. Any sage advice or pointers on what to say and what not to say/do? I really enjoyed working at B4 and made amazing network of supportive colleagues however this opportunity is way too good to pass. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

Is there a way to work part time or close to 40 hours a week average with big 4 in advisory? I don’t really care how much I get paid and just want some WLB and health insurance lol.

Hi Fishes,

Can anyone help me with a referral in Bain & Co. For the role of Associate/Senior Associate?

I have 3.2 years of experience as a Business Analyst/Consultant in a Big 4 firm.

Thanks

What’s a good answer for “why pwc”? I know it’s the same shit as other big 4, but serious answers please. Having trouble finding legitimate differentiators on google

Looking to get a referral for MBB, can any fishies help?

Curious how MBB's cybercapabilities are viewed within the cyber world. Experiences, thoughts?

Anyone in the Big 4 corporate finance / investment banking groups willing to DM. I have several questions about the position. TIA

Hi all- My SO is currently at a Big4 & was initially preparing for S&O roles at GCP but given the high number of ex MBB consultants hired, they believe its just more competition to get the offer & to eventually get promoted over time.

Instead, they have decided to pursue program manager or cloud consultant roles, which they feel might have a lower barrier to entry from an assessment standpoint. Not sure if the bowl agrees but would like to get your thoughts, thanks!

Hi Fishes,

I work at TCS for Apple as an ML engineer, I have overall YOE of 5.5 years and relevant exp is 2 years, I am serving notice period and I have a few offers from start ups, but looking for opportunities in Companies like Big 4 and FAANG. My expertise is more in Deep Learning , Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing, IF you have any relevant referrals please feel free to reach out to me.

Thanks in advance

What is the hiring market looking like these days? I am seriously burnt out and ready to exit MBB consulting, but feel this economic downturn may not be the best time to make big career moves. Thoughts?

what is the pay range for role - manager 1 assurance at pwc sdc kolkata?i have 6.5 yoe and joined at 21lpa + 10% vp, four months back. managers from other big 4 start around 28lpa. does sdc kolkata pay m1 this much only or have they underpaid me? i am considering dropping paper and looking out again.

Is the difference between big 4 and MBB in compensation huge at top levels (SM and up)?

Currently working in a Management Consulting role in Big 4 (not front office). Got an offer from Product Based company that is more of value consulting and business development role. and Its a new team catering to Partner ecosystem of the company. I am doing good in my current role.

Any insights or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Hello, folks! I wonder if you have any advice/info for a person who is looking for an "investment associate" role in Dubai. I have a financial audit background (4 years Big-4), 1,5 year in deal advisory (half year financial due diligence department, 1 year valuation department). I have experience in TMT, retail, Energy and Utility and other industries. Currently I'm living in Eastern Europe.
What is considered to be normal in relation to WBL, compensations in Dubai for such role or similar?

Looking for a referral into McKinsey’s London office. Currently assessing my options with other MBB and would like to apply to McK

Profile:
- 8yoe industry
- 2yoe Monitor Deloitte
- MBA

Is it more worth it to go into FDD at a regional firm now, or hope that my current big 4 will transfer me come spring 2021?

I'm kind of in the mindset of only doing FDD at big 4, otherwise I'll go straight to industry. Am I being too down on mid-market FDD experience and the related exit ops?

Also, I can't go the route of doing FDD at a different big 4. Already got rejected by all of them cause I'm not in audit (but have CPA).

I am about to give my two week notice for Deloitte. Someone told me I should download my CPE report. Where should I get it? I am going to another big 4, how does the transfer of CPE credits work?

Are ad agencies typically signatories of Local 700 Agreements?

#Sharks I have a dream of working in London, how can I Pursue it.
I'm working as a Software Engineer.

Skills: .Net Core, Angular/ AngularJS, MS SQL Server, Git.
YOE: 3.5yrs

What unique skill should I have to jump in to such places.
Thanks for advise in advance.

When does cognizant roll out offer letters after submitting cdf1 form? Is Diwali delaying the roll out of the offer letter? I submitted cdf1 on 21st October.

Hi All,

I have received the offer from KPMG Global Services. In the offer it is mentioned that you will be the part of "TE-PlatformsMicrosoft-ERP team".

Is anyone having any idea about this?

My joining date is in November 2022. Will I be eligible for increment by March 2023?

Hi All

I am having 2.7 years of experience and looking for a functional testing role
Can someone please refer me in Oracle??

Tools: Siebel CRM, Jira, Bugzilla, HP- ALM
Skills : System Testing, Regression Testing, Brm testing

Please help

God damn Carrie Fisher you guys

Thank you all for existing on Fishbowl and for being such a supportive community. It’s been a difficult year, but at the end of the day, I’m glad to have people to commiserate/celebrate with ❤️🙂❤️

Anyone in the KPMG Lighthouse practice that would be willing to take a look at my husband’s resume and put in a referral? He’s interested in the Associate, Data Scientist position.

Is there any specific payscale for each corporate grade band?

Gripe in here about Legal Assistants (more in comments)

Anyone else having one of those days where you just can’t seem to do anything right? I’m dropping balls left and right here

Anyone have good resources (online or book) to learn about the finance function?

What are the most attractive growth equity firms to work for as of Senior Associate/ VP (pay, culture, progression)?

Anyone at Salesforce know how to lookup the level-grade of a specific person from the org chart?

When you leave your firm, how does the PTO get paid out? Direct deposit? Check? What's the timeline?

Anyone know of any open positions in D/FW? 8 YOE on the agency side, masters degree in public administration. Looking to go client side to do Corp comms/public affairs. Any leads welcome!

Could anyone recommend any life science exit opportunities in the Pittsburgh area? 5 YOE, life science management consultant, looking for better WLB and open to remote work as well.

Do you talk about work with your loved ones? Do they resent you for it? I have no idea how to create a work/life separation

Who leads the Data Science/Data Engineering field right now? Cloud transformations, ML implementations, BI reporting? Companies + Practices?

Have you found using a standing desk increase your productivity? How else do you increase your productivity? I am so distracted all the time

Home sweet Westin

My younger brother has the opportunity to do Software Engineering at FAANG and consulting at MBB as a fresh grad. I told him to do SWE, but I’m afraid I’m giving him biased advise cause I’m jaded in this industry. If you were me, what would you advise him?

Laid off, any tips on how to gain experience/sharpen resume while job searching? I was in a project management support analyst role/ Venture capital sales role. I’m thinking of getting certifications to increase marketability

What do people in PE ops do?

It’s been 9 weeks since I had to go to bed on Sunday nights with 4AM alarms, one of my far and few happy moments in these uncertain times..

Walking up to the client site looking like Elle woods today. 💁🏼💗

STARTUP FOUNDERS and FAANG: would you rather hire MBB with 3-4 years of exp or Tier 2 with 5-6 years? If you could isolate those variables and everything else held constant.

Best & affordable places for a weekend trip? I am located in upstate NY for reference so recs that are drive-able or flights wouldn’t be insane

Poll: What dress code do you follow at your home office?

Do we only just care about our paychecks? Or do the clients matter as well? Hmm

How does your firm measure utilization? I work for a small boutique that defines it as utilization = number of billable hours/2,080 and full bonus payout occurs at 80% plus.

How many of you have no plans and cringe whenever someone tells you happy holidays 😞?

Told a friend of mine in tech I was considering moving to BCG. He asked me if I would have to move to Boston.

I followed up by asking what he thought the top consulting firms were. "I'd guess PwC and then McKinsey are the best. I've also heard of KPMG, Deloitte, and Bain, but I don't know much about them."

Just a reminder that outside our bubble no-one really cares about firm prestige etc.

Have SUCH a hard time sleeping in cars/planes/trains. Can never get comfortable. Any neck pillows or general in-flight recommendations?

Any tips to improve my consulting math? Is there a site or a course that I can take? I feel like I am not quick enough.

Been reading some posts and it sounds like everyone dislikes DDV. Why is that? What are the genuine reasons?