What do people think about culture /other differences between EY and KPMG tax service lines?

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At EY, we refer to where the staff and seniors sit as the kids section, great time

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KPMG is a lot like animal house. A lot of partying, drinking and returns/provisions with multiple errors. Their tax software eWorkpapers functions so well that it makes staff/seniors dumb. I left KPMG as an S1 and EY had to retrain me the proper way. I'm a lot smarter ever since I left KPMG. Haha

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Culture is great in our office, don’t know a thing about KPMG other than they are distant 4.

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I think SF EY is good.

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Agreed, cultire at EY is pretty good, at least in my office. There are only a small few of people I haven't enjoyed working with. I don't know enough to speak about KPMG though

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I’ve worked at both. Not terribly different but I also think it can vary based on your location. I’ve also worked at PwC and it was probably closer in culture to EY than KPMG.

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I feel that EY has a much better culture that the other big4 in my market. I have worked at another big4 and hated it. I have really close friends working on the other two and they are not as happy as I am. I will end up recruiting them.....it is just a matter of time...

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It really depends. Large EY offices will have a common firm culture. A small EY office's culture, will likely be dominated by a few people in the office. If the partner, senior manager, or manager is a workaholic expect the culture in a small office to be the same. My suggestion is to work for a large office with more diversity, so that office life isnt dominated by one or two personalities.

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EY4 - not the case in our office. Absolutely not an “At EY” thing. Hopefully you’re joking.

Not to interrupt the hilarious B4 bashing but...TOGA PARTY!!!

Ouch! From the EY folks. I'm legitimately interested in how the technology side in EY tax culture is myself.

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