While I understand considerations vary by city, how would you rank the Big 4 from a national prestige perspective?

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PwC/Deloitte 1/2. Speaking strictly audit, PwC probably gets the bump, but taking a look across all service lines it's close between the two. EY is a clear 3 and KPMG is a clear 4.

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I've always viewed pwc as the most prestigious

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But I also think pwc tax > Deloitte tax

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^PwC tax kicks ass

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Realistically they're all the same. No prospective employer gives a shit

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@EY1 if they're all the same how come the other B4 aren't having layoffs?

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^says the EY person 👀

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The OP was about outside perspective. You really think between two identical candidates the employer says "Oh shit this guy worked for Deloitte let's hire him instead of the KPMG guy."

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Hello people Deloitte had a bunch of layoffs recently. I rank them as Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG. To prospective employers, they don't care. Only we care.

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I think Deloitte gets the 1/2 consideration with PwC because of the strength of its other services outside audit, mainly consulting.

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Logical point

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And PwC brought on Strategy&, so I'd probably give them top billing if I had to really choose 1.

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Shots fired

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Ha alright enjoy your kool aid

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Right to prospective employers it's B4 and then all others. Im just talking objective rankings amongst us.

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I realize that this is coming from a KPMGer but don't they all pay close to the same? Shouldn't you focus on your individual opportunities bar each firm and local office culture rather than the "who is best?" pissing contest? I worked at EY and I gladly hightailed it out of there for KPMG and have never looked back 3.5 years later. Admittedly I jumped from audit to advisory but nevertheless.

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Ya It's like talking about whose better, Lebron or Stephen Curry. It's obviously Lebron, but nobody is saying Curry isn't one of the best in the world. It's just bullshit to discuss when you're bored. PwC is Lebron and KPMG is curry in this scenario.

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I agree

Idk, after lingering on this app, it seems that ey and kpmg have switched places

Beforehand EY was 2 for me. Dropped to 3

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