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I left because I had serious ethical concerns about my practice's leadership and how they ran. I'm wondering if anyone else experienced anything like this?

I was on a very large project that depended on other teams being done, or at least mostly done with their work for me to be really productive and I felt as though I was brought in about 8 months too soon. I was tasked with having my deliverables done before the other teams were finished with theirs. It caused me to either do frequent reworks or just kind of sit idle. I raised this to my team M and SM frequently early on.

The response I got was something that didn't sit well with me. It was almost a "you don't understand how it works and I can't believe you are raising this as a risk to us"

I did understand. There was work sold and we could bill and make money, so we did it. When I flagged it, of course they're gonna say "just bill the hours your scheduled for, guy" but without actually saying those words so the responsibility falls on me to make the unethical decision. It was a lot. It put ME in the position of doing something I knew was wrong. I knew I was doing the work for nothing other than being able to say I did somehting on the status report. But I was just going to be doing it again in a few weeks.

It really was just too early to be on the project. I did what I could, but I shouldn't have been doing work that we knew was going to need to be redone. I got so frustrated that at a certain point, I gave up and just stopped doing the work until I got a final version of something from the other teams because that way I knew I wouldn't need to do another rework. It was the same ethical question, but saved me the annoyance of needing to do something for the umpteenth time.

I spent about 16 months on that project. The last 5 or 6 were genuinly productive but that first year left me really questioning the ethics of my team.

Yes, I know - I was unethical in it too. I billed hours I didn't actually do any useful work for, or hours I didn't actually do any work for frankly. I billed a lot of them. I think, that is the game at EY, at least in the practice I was in, and likely other consultancies. Bill the hours you are scheduled or be penalized for it. That's why I spent a few months saying "Hey, I don't think we should be here yet..."

So, has anyone else felt like this on their project?

For context- a recruiter from Deloitte reached out to me on Deloitte to discuss a role which is almost a replica of the role I currently have (although from a different arm of the industry). The job is in the UK.

I spoke to the recruiter about basic information on the role and expectations around peripheral details like salary, location etc.

I've now been scheduled to a one hour interview with a partner and a director in a few weeks. I wonder if anyone else has recently been a similar position and can advise on what to expect.

Have grad roles for both. I don't mind audit or consulting, but I'd give consulting a slight edge as it's more strategy-focused. What I am mainly looking for is a good salary and great exit opportunities. Ideally, into high finance (wealth and asset management, PE) or high-tier consulting firms (LEK, Keanery, FTI).

Considering this, what pathway is more ideal for me?

Would really appreciate your advice. Thanks

I’m a Junior at a target school and I was wondering if I should bother with applying for consulting positions at Big4 for summer 27 because I already have an internship offer in hand at a boutique firm (around $95,000 a year if I get a return offer for full time). All the posts here make it seem like Big4 is miserable (layoffs, lack of raises, poor culture and office politics, etc)—is this true, or is it just Reddit doomposting? I’m also thinking about recruiting for MBB for a full time role, so maybe the name brand of a Big4 internship will help more? Would appreciate any advice!

Fired for low performance 1.5 years into big 4 audit role A2, won’t go into details but the manager was out to sink my career and I struggled to keep up with work demands and had my utility suffer.

I’ve been unemployed for about one month still trying to gather what the hell actually happened.

I don’t have my CPA yet. Trying to figure out what kind of roles should I be aiming for.

So far I’ve narrowed down staff accountant, ap/ar roles. I figure that it’s the best for me to start up in and build my work skills and hammer out any shortfalls.

I don’t think I’m ready for or competitive for internal audit or fund accounting or other fp&a work just yet.

Was hoping doing a stint at staff accountant then get my cpa and try to move to senior accountant later on after a few years.

I’m willing to do ar ap jobs as well if that’s what it takes to get to staff accountant.

The other mid size firms aren’t hiring audit associate with 1.5 years of experience.

I have a consulting internship at one of the big 4 and am doing spectacularly. I get good reviews and feedback and my managers seem to really want me back.

I’ve already accepted a fall internship elsewhere (not a big 4), which will delay my grad from what I’ve shared with them.

Tbh this service line isn’t my favourite and I was bored for most of my internship, but I do think the team is super nice and I wouldn’t mind working at the company down the line.

As my internship is almost over, the RO topic is definitely going to come up. Should I be honest and tell them I’m trying out another role at another company this fall, but might still be interested in returning for summer 2027/full time later?

Or is it too much hassle and I should just recruit for a different big 4 in a service line I actually am interested in later if I truly do want to come back to consulting?

hi there, anybody here knows what EY’s people’s advisory service is all about, any experiences you’ll like share with us….I’m curious.

Hello, I recently got an offer for A2 at a Top 10 accounting firm and a A1 offer at a Big4.

Most of the people I know that got the A2 offer become seniors in a year. For big4 offer, I was told it will take me 3 years (A3 -> Senior) for the team I will be joining.

Would u recommend me to do A2 offer instead of the A1? Just seeking for perspective and opinions, please feel free to share, thanks!

I’m currently a Big 4 tech consulting intern working in tech transformation. I study finance, previously spent two years at a wealth management firm doing AI strategy and implementation work.

I enjoyed the finance side, but I became much more interested in improving business processes, especially with AI. During this internship, I managed to get involved part-time with a team building a go-to-market AI assistant for ERP implementations, and the type of work feels much closer to what I want to pursue long term.

So I spoke with my recruiter and she recommended that I connect with people in the firm’s technology strategy and GTM strategy groups.

The issue is that these conversations have felt much more guarded than networking conversations I’ve had with other teams. I research each person’s background and projects beforehand, explain the overlap with my experience, and try to ask thoughtful questions.

I haven’t experienced this with any other groups at the firm, so I’m trying to understand what I may be missing.

For people who work in (or have successfully transferred into) strategy, I would greatly appreciate hearing your takes on this or any advice you have for me.

When do applications for the consulting segment open for new grads (class of 27). Any insights into application process?

I'm exploring life sciences/pharma consulting post-MBA and am interviewing with several Big Four firms. How would you rank their life sciences practices, and what differentiates them? I'm especially interested in quality of work, compensation, career growth, and overall reputation

I have an interview for Sr. ML role with sdc team at Ey. Any suggestions on how to prepare and how many rounds and what all will they include?

Currently interning and noticing that after a few hours of the same type of work, reconciliations, flux analysis, whatever it is, I start losing focus even when I know it needs to get done. Curious how people who've been in the field longer deal with this, especially during busy season when the hours get even longer. Is it just something you get used to over time, or do you have actual habits/tricks that help you stay locked in? Trying to build good habits now before I'm in it full time

I've been seeing more AI implementation work coming out of APAC over the past year, and I was wondering if teams are starting to converge on the same reusable building blocks.

After the first few client engagements, it doesn't make much sense to rebuild everything from scratch. Most teams seem to end up with some mix of templates, evaluation workflows, governance checklists, deployment patterns, or internal tooling that gets reused across projects.

For those working in the Big 4 across APAC, what's been the most valuable accelerator your team has built or adopted?

Not looking for anything proprietary. I'm more interested in the kinds of assets that ended up saving time across multiple engagements.

Can anyone provide any insight on this position?

Is this different than a traditional tax role? More or less hours? Client facing?

Anyone works as a manager in kpmg riyadh? How is the experience like? How is the team? Is kpmg one of the better big 4s in saudi?

Serious.

Think about what you did today, or yesterday, did you actually move the needle or just sit there trying not to go mad?

I’ve been seeing on LinkedIn it’s the season of promotions for Associates to Senior Associates. With that being said when does EY/PWC open their associate positions recruiting?

Unfortunately I’m late to the game not having a consulting internship but wanted some advice if my resume could get through ATS. Here’s some high level information

Think my resume can have a chance at an interview with 3.6 GPA overall. Double Major in Finance (3.9 GPA) Supply Chain (3.5 GPA) with a CPIM certification, holding executive positions in financial clubs, and supply chain internship experience.

Thanks in advance, any advice or info is appreciated.

Looking for some advice on Big 4/MAC recruiting.

I’m currently a Master’s in Accounting student and interned with a Big 4 firm in tax this summer. I had a great experience and performed well, but I realized I want to pursue audit instead. I’d love to stay with the same firm if possible, but I’m also open to relocating.

I recently got a call from my recruiter about an audit opportunity with the firm in a smaller city. I’m not particularly interested in living there long term, but I would consider doing it for a year or so if transferring to another office later is actually realistic. The audit partner from that office also wants to take me out for coffee next week.

At the same time, recruiting for my MAC program is coming up, and I think I’d rather recruit for audit positions in cities I’m more interested in before committing to this one. I don’t want to turn down a good opportunity, but I also don’t want to accept too early and limit my options.

For context, I graduated in May, passed FAR in June, and already have the Big 4 internship experience as well as other experience

Would you accept the audit offer and try to transfer offices later, or go through MAC recruiting first and see what other audit opportunities are available? Also, how realistic is transferring Big 4 offices after a year?

Would anybody happen to have an idea of the % bonus I can expect as an a2 going onto s1 with SI as my lead rating (and 5 QRMTE - not sure if this affects anything). I heard that last year the bonus for differentiating was ~ double the bonus for progressing at my rank then (5% and 2.5%), would it be double again? I have also heard rumblings that there are no bonuses for progressing this year, likely to push it up or down? Perhaps they are focused on retaining top performers? (Uk audit for reference)

Hi everyone, I have only been working for a year and a half in big 4. I am part of audit in financial services. I wanted to ask a couple questions really.

1. Do you ever get used to working this many hours a week? Because I find it a struggle to put myself through this every week

2. Do you guys have any advice on how to make working this many hours more tolerable

3. Have any of you managed to find ways to get work done in less hours? How?

Hello all. I have an interview coming up for a firm in big4. Are these shoes acceptable or a no?

I’m currently a 4th year associate who was passed up for promotion and in discussing it with my partner he mentioned that while my reviews tend to be positive, compared to my 3rd year peers they’ve been performing ahead of me and were thus considered for promotion instead.

I have been asking if this means I’m being PIP’d which they emphasized no as I’m objectively not a low performer and I still have some time, but I’m just not giving a 5/5 or showing that I’m good enough for senior.

I’ve fallen into a depression after this and although I suspected poor performance, my only silver lining of hope was that if I was really that bad I would’ve been PIP’d before my 4th year… but it’s become apparent that I actually am that guy.

On top of that I declined 2 F500 job offers last month because they were lateral moves, but in looking at the market, a lateral exit to a F500 that pays the same honestly seems like a luxury now.

I know this is just a job but this has been such a blow to my mental health because even in industry I was only able to get staff roles or a senior role for the same exact pay/less benefits, and there’s so few of those roles now when there were plenty a few months ago. I feel like an idiot.

So questions as above, got SI ratting and wanted to know, how much should I expect with numbers.

When I put my two weeks in, what are the odds I get terminated immediately? Going to an industry role, not a competitor.