[Anonymous]

1. Resume Booster – Whichever Big 4 you work at, you are in the upper 3% of Accounting Firms.

2. Company BlackBerry or Smartphone with unlimited tethering.

3. 5 Star Hotels – Marriott, Starwood, Hilton, whichever.

4. Recruiting Events – Any recruiting event you are automatically a celebrity. Bask in its glory.

5. Points – Hotel, Airline, Rental Car, Credit Card…you name it, they are yours.

6. Per Diem – $40-$50 a day – Spend it your way! Note: under $25 no receipt required!!

[jenuno01]

umm… good for you? You don't have to work for a Big 4 to get all those “benefits”… just saying.

Class of 2012

[Zaiitz3]

Mmhmm, I must agree. I cannot wait to start full time next year!

*New York*
AUD 74, 88! 04/02/12
BEC 75! 08/30/12
FAR 68, 73, 83! 10/27/12
REG 80! 11/24/12

DONE!!!

"Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.” - Wayne Dyer

[Anonymous]

@Jenuno01 – Yeah I have worked with multiple firms and no you don't get the same benefits from the smaller firms than you do the Big 4.

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7. Company Credit Card – Whether it be Diners or AMEX use it for everything business, limit free!

8. Valet – Drive your car to the out of town audit? No worries, just use the Valet

9. Tips – Act like a big shot and give tips to all the bell boys if you want…expense reimbursement for tips.

10. Fast reimbursements – No waiting for months to get that reimbursement check, two weeks or less!

11. Limo – Large audit team? No problem. Optional Limo service available. Travel in style.

12. Health Program – Join a gym, buy a kayak, get reimbursed for staying healthy.

13. Inventory observations – Where else can you be a first year and scare the crap out of a District Manager when you show up at a surprise inventory count?!

14. Weekends – Have to work over a weekend, no worries fly a friend or anyone out for the weekend for free. Working weekends never felt so good.

15. Publicly Traded Company's – You rub shoulders everyday with the biggest and the best. NETWORK and land that 100k job.

[Anonymous]

have you been saving this post up since Jan 1st and finally got time to post it? 🙂

[jdiiorio]

hahaha that's a positive way of looking at working for the Big 4. Since the day I decided to be an accountant I also decided I would not be working for Big 4 just bc I'm interested in other aspects of accounting and bc I did not want to follow my father's path.

Disclaimer: I am just posting the next comment not to be an a** but just to make sure ppl who don't get into the big 4 don't feel like they're missing out.

I get all those things #s 1 -15 plus other benefits (which I'm sure each company has its own little perks) and I don't work for the big 4. So if you don't get hired by the big 4 don't worry you can also find other company's out there with same benefits and more.

Ps. I don't work insane hours =)

ILLINOIS CANDIDATE
FAR - Passed
BEC - Passed
AUD - Passed

[markiux88]

I have to admit I've always had the idea of working for any of the Big 4; however I know the chances are very remote because I'm not currently in public acg. and because the closest large city is 2 hours away and they would not even look at a student from my university even if this person has BAP, community service, and 4.0 GPA.

All those benefits sounds great! I wish the Big 4 did not exist so I did not have to think about it. I got excited when I went to Atlanta and saw the building named Ernst and Young…lol

[jelly]

Please know what you're doing as a Big4 representative. I took a Big4 manager to school, in front of the public client, by showing how a very easy testing technique revealed a possible 11-digit restatement for several years' worth of clean-opinion 10K filings.

Couldn't pass again!

[Minimorty]

Reasons I will never work at a Big 4:

As it is now, I get to see my kids at 5pm. 'nuff said.

[Anonymous]

@CPAbyDay they all sound like great benefits almost exclusive to Big 4, but #13 sounds like a filler so you can get a nice even list of 15

@calisteph6 LOLOL this girl is super witty! good one

[Anonymous]

@jelly what testing technique was that? share your wisdom with us!

[misanthrope87]

1. Resume Booster – Whichever Big 4 you work at, you are in the upper 3% of Accounting Firms.

Okay this is the only reason to work for a Big 4.

2. Company BlackBerry or Smartphone with unlimited tethering.

Ya and in exchange, you have given them your mind, body, and soul. They can contact you 24/7.

3. 5 Star Hotels – Marriott, Starwood, Hilton, whichever.

I don't think it's worth working like a dog/slave and giving away your youth and health.

4. Recruiting Events – Any recruiting event you are automatically a celebrity. Bask in its glory.

This doesn't happen too many times.

5. Points – Hotel, Airline, Rental Car, Credit Card…you name it, they are yours.

Same as number 3.

6. Per Diem – $40-$50 a day – Spend it your way! Note: under $25 no receipt required!!

This is typical in any CPA firm if you have to travel, give or take 10 dollars or so.

B 2/12 87
A 11/11 90
R 8/11 86
F 5/12 88

[Herbieherb]

I think the only good part is the resume builder…if it was so great they would have Like a 90% retention rate. What % actually stay 5+ years? And the working on a weekend perk sounds like brainwashing LOL

NEW YORK- DONE

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