What’s it like working at Big 4? Considering switching from middle market to Big 4 and i’m wondering how different the culture is.

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It's not one experience. It will vary greatly between office, group, and coworker.

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How middle market we talking? There's a big difference between firms in the top 10 vs top 20. I worked at RSM audit and now big four. I've noticed the quality in the detail of the work has dropped but they test a lot more areas just to do something.

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My hours and happiness level are higher at EY than the mid market I came from, so really depends on office and coworkers like EY1 said.

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