Leaving b4 for another B4. Do I have to tell my boss and hr that I’m leaving for the competitor?

What’s your favorite WFH footwear? Any recommended brands for a chilly home office?

I want to get into 1040s..currently at pwc and tried to get into PFS but HR basically discouraged me and said it was a decentralized group. What big 4 would be best to go to ?

Baby due end of Jan and wife taking full maternity leave (12 wks) and then back to work. Considering taking paternity (16 wks) after that. How and when do I tell my various teams and file paperwork?

Another salesman told a client their ad campaign would be ready next week. Today our supervisor told me to help him, but he has hardly even started the work. Is there any way for me to point this out without feeling like a jerk

Deloitte GPS consultant range? I’d heard they are slightly higher than the rest of the big 4 in the public sector space

Anyone here broken into real estate private equity from big 4 consulting? What steps did you take to jump into RE PE? What gaps in knowledge did you have and how did you fill them? Outside of the knowledge gaps what other things do you think you needed in order to get into RE PE?

How do you deal with a challenger type of personality? I’m fairly new and I know the senior is trying to teach me the thought process. But she also makes me feel extremely small by the way she phrases her questions. I’m already stressed out not having everything figured out yet and this makes me feel super tense and down.

Creative teams, any good tricks to keeping a brainstorm on track when your new partner talks so much that it's almost painful? More specifically, they talk the most, but say the least?

Having multiple offers in hand how to say nicely that I'm not going to join to other companies formally. What would be the best way?

Also please share what you'll write in mail while rejecting formally. It'll be really helpful.

Hi Everyone - I was hoping someone could throw some light on the kind of work trust and safety does. I see a lot of open roles - managers, senior strategists etc. I have a top 20 MBA and about 8 years of big 4 experience in consulting - would this be the right kind of role to get into? Or is it more engineering?

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

Hi ,

I have 4.6 yoE with an MBA
I am offered 15L fixed in Accenture global strategy and consulting ACN which is very less considering I come from big 4 where I will be missing out my bonus if I join Accenture now.
Also they are offering level 11 (analyst)- Is is not correct to ask for Consultant designation ?

Looking for advice. I have a few offers in negotiations for Senior IT audit role. My main motive is to get out of toxic work culture in B4 consulting and public accounting. Looking for better wlb, better work culture and decent compensation to make good living. Currently in TX making around 110K TC.

1. Children’s Place: Base-110K . Probable bonus of 3-5%. No relocation assistance or sign on bonus. Based in NJ. Location is closer to all my friends and family
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A couples years ago when I was at 1 of the B4 firms I went on vacation and my backpack (laptop and all) got stolen. I filed a police report etc. A couple months later I got a large package in the mail

“At dinner John (client) said I have nice legs, grabbed my thigh, put his arm around me & invited me to his hotel. Seems inappropriate.” Boss: “Well we won’t be taking him to dinner again this year”🤯

As a manager, how do you expect your employee to deal with a diffcult customer?

Is big 4 PCS a dead path?

Is there a difference in the general range for annual bonus %s across the Big 4? Or are all 4 consistent?

What do you do when a store manager let's a cashier.walk all over the assistant manager? Dm isn't any help. I'm at my wits end! Store manager sticks up for cashier every single time. I've offered to give that cashier my keys . I'm so done with trying to do right, only to have manager make up excuses.

I have an interview with Korn Ferry for an associate principal role and am curious about others’ experiences have been with work-life balance here. Also, I have an idea of what I should be compensated in this type of role, but any insights on how they pay compared to others would be helpful. Are you traveling during the pandemic or have client interactions been virtual? Lastly, if you are a consultant here, are you on billable hours? My current consulting role is not - so this would be new.

If you were 22 years old with $55k in cash and $14k in student loan debt what would you do?

I have a business idea in the VR/AR space utilizing AI. However, I lack skill sets to evaluate viability or to create an MVP. Neither do I have a network to tap into.

My plan is taking classes to deepen my knowledge while joining and actively participating in communities to find collaborators.

Does this approach make sense or do you recommend other approaches? If it makes sense, do you have any recommendations for classes or communities?

Look forward to hearing your experiences and wisdom!

HCL guest house in Chennai? Any inputs

PROPOSAL: Can we start naming names with respects to layoffs, furloughs, and pay cuts? Knowledge is power, and the only ones who benefit from vague exchanges of info. are the employers. Thank you!

After you are stealth laid off, other than job search, what do you do? I assume they won’t give you work and even if they do, you can politely decline? How do you feel about you are not progressing anymore and seeing other people progressing in their career? I have no intention to make partner, but still feel a bit stuck not doing that much.

Texans. Just got an offer from a V10 to relocate down and do litigation. Excited but the offer was 20k below market. Talked to managing partner and they said it’s the market in Houston so if I can find other firms paying full market they will raise it since I’ll be the only jr. - mid level. So give me names, who pays cravath in Houston?

Seeing Cooley do a 180 from fully remote to 3x a week in the office has me insanely grateful that I took a fully remote position while they were available.

I live an hour from my office and I actually go in quite a bit because I like my colleagues a lot, but everyone in my group is across the country so there’s no pressure and I can’t be forced. Thank the lord.

Hi,

My EPF Transfer claim has been rejected by EPFO with a reason that -

Your Claim [ Claim Id - XXXXXXXXXXX ] has been rejected due to : 1) WAGES ARE MORE THAN 15K PLS SUMBIT PREVIOUS SERVICE DETAILS / REVISED 3A FORM 2) CLAIM ALREADY SETTLED

Can someone advise on this issue?

Is it worth upgrading I-140 application to premium processing? USCIS received both 485 and 140 in Jan and receipt date says April for both.

What’s the move tonight?!?!

Where do you like to go in person clothes shopping? Which stores? (I.e., ponce, Atlantic station, Lenox, etc.)

Anyone at UBER willing to provide a referral or recruiter connection for a Senior Strategy & Ops Manager opportunity.

Happy to provide more information via DM.

Background: Strategy Consultant with 8+ YOE.

Current DEI Professional, can everyone support me on the likes so that I can unlock being able to message someone. I will do the same in return. Thank you

Anyone with experience with the snoo and any feedback on it? Have a friend that offered to let me borrow hers, so no cost considerations to think about, but have read that it could cause a flat head/other issues and just curious as to what experiences people have actually had with it. Thanks!

Do you give the office manager (who does assist you with admin tasks from time to time) a christmas present (aka cash)? I have an admin assistant so that's an obvious yes but I don't know how to handle the office manager or receptionist!

When you get distracted looking at FB on the metro and it takes a minute to figure out where you are exactly 🙋‍♀️

Does RSM offer severance pay for people laid off? Does it vary by levels? Not in audit and am thinking things may get rough as recession hits next year, so just curious. Most tech firms are paying 12-16 weeks severance but not sure if that applies to PA

Happy Pride, all y’all 🌈🐠🐟🌈 out here!

My employer is giving me a federal disaster relief payment. The IRS Code 139 indicates that individuals will not be required to account for actual expenses to qualify for the exclusion... is there anything on my end that I should keep track of? Did anyone else’s employer do the same?

Had 2 hours of billable work today 💀

If you put in your 2-week notice and they cut you off that same day for going to a competitor, would you still get paid for the remaining 2 week period? (Assuming it's the start of the period)

Is big 4 PCS a dead path?

When the worst part about the internet being down is that you can't sametime 😒

sometimes I feel like the reward of being productive is more work lol

Another good senior gave notice today 🥲 don’t blame her one bit and wish her best of luck - I just wish our firm would’ve treated people better so that people at least don’t leave during busy season (we are filing in 3 weeks). Now I am seeing a lot of people leave during even busy season.. and I would’ve too if I had an offer

Hi everyone! Please DM me if anyone is interested in joining BDO. Thank you in advance! :)

Despite failing or losing parts of the CPA exams, let's not forget we still got promoted and some increase in pay.

Question for auditors:

What level of assurance would a public company audit provide around proof of reserves of Coinbase (or any publicly listed digital asset exchange business)?

i.e. if I have BTC (nothing else) sitting there, can am I assured they have 1:1 reserves to what my wallet balance is?

-a (long ago) former auditor

Anyone here work in a family office role? What are the hours and salary like?

What's your ideal PTO? Activity and length of time off?

Where can I take Accounting ethics class online in CA?

Deloitte FL/PR is turning into a joke.. if firm morale wasn't already suffering from layoffs, they increase minimum hours through December while half the offices are unassigned. Abandon ship.

Any one uses iPad or iPad Pro for work? Wondering if would be worth while giving canvas now available in iOS. TIA