How is Accenture compared to big 4?
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How is Accenture compared to big 4?
Just got laid off as part of RIF 10 mins ago from one of the MM public accounting firm under tax line of service Feeling horrible, but need to start recruiting again.
My firm has us under a PTO freeze through September. Says the workload is too heavy and no PTO requests during this time will be honored. We can't even put in vacation requests until this freeze ends. How is this legal?
When your office hosts an after hours event, do you go? I hate our happy hours, but I know showing my face will help my chances at getting promoted.
What is an impressive net worth to have in your early 30s assuming you've been in public accounting ever since you graduated college?
Weird question, I know, please forgive me, but does your office allow you to wear shorts or open toed shoes in the summer? It gets stupid hot here and the fact that we can't wear summertime appropriate clothing in my office is pretty enraging to me.
For Advisory, Accenture is among the cream of the crop. They don’t have an Accounting arm (we all know why) but they may be trying to partner with one of the Big 4 to provide those services.
Any @Arthur Andersen fish offering a referral
Accenture doesn’t do accounting, Big 4 (except for Deloitte) focuses a lot on accounting although we do have advisory/consulting arms, but all Big 4’s are trying to shift away from accounting towards consulting since it is more lucrative by the hour. Accenture is obviously better than Big 4 (except Deloitte) on the consulting side, especially technology/IT related consulting. I say except Deloitte because ~50% of Deloitte’s revenue comes from consulting, and it is in fact one of the best consulting agencies. However, Big 4’s strategy arms (Monitor, Strategy&, Parthenon) are better than Accenture’s strategy department.
One step up in my opinion. The tax/audit side of B4 is honestly what is dragging us behind.
Lol
How is it in terms of WLB?
Internal audit
I know two employees there. One got a DUI a couple years before getting hired and the other is very socially awkward. I feel like the vault ratings might even overstate them. Imo anyone who puts them above the big four is just wrong. They aren’t really a leader in anything.
The point is I know 2.0 GPA alcoholics that drive drunk then get hired by Accenture. I’m not saying it’s representative of the whole company, but if that’s the floor, that’s much lower than anything I’d expect the big four to accept.