boss mao review tomolo. he gave me 1 day to do bloody derivatives ><

Dear all future Big 4 applicants.

I have a simple request of all of you.
Do learn how to use Ms Excel (at least know basic formulas etc) and Ms Word before you start work. Please.
Don't drive your future seniors up the wall and make us don't want to confirm you.

I don't think I'm asking too much here.

Know how to link cells, know how to add rows, add columns, know how to use =SUM() and know how to create percentages.
Basic enough?

Overall standards rise, but the bell curve remains. There is always someone below the average.

You cannot believe the kinds of associates they are giving me these days.

What do u mean?
More juniors than seniors? (isn't that normal?)

As a senior, I'd be happy! Hahahahaha!

Finally an associate that I can leave to do things own his own

Rm600 in EY to be paid in April for months Jan-April (so they'll get RM2.4k in april itself for seniors)
RM500 in PwC to be paid monthly, each month (RM2k in total)

I've seen people stuck as an associate after 2-3 years simply because they weren't cut out to take the responsibility

Nah. Lies. KPMG is still bigger in FS. PwC only has.. uh.. CIMB and RHB. Nothing great.

I admit that PwC is quite big in FS, but they aren't "dominating" per say. The big 3 is still split amongst 3 parties, and KPMG has the larger share of the foreign banks.

Hahaha yeah.. everyone seems to have some kind of illusion about pwc XD

Hahah don't be It's just a matter of awareness

I got 28/2 and 31/3. >< Post grou[p reporting is a LONG way to go ><

Yes.

Lemme give you an advice. Don't bother getting mentally prepared now. (though, I applaud your commitment)
Jump in, try to take the shit that happens, and if you can take it, stay. Words can say much, but it is the first hand experience, feeling the huge expectations, the confusion, and the exhaustion taxing your body, then you know whether you can take it or not.

Personally for me, January - early June is my peak period, on average every day work, (6 - 7 days per week, on average about 9am to 1-2am on weekdays, 11am to 6pm on weekends). But that's cos I'm a senior and I can manage my workload and bosses accordingly. Back when I was an associate it was (7 days a week, 9am to 2am every day).

Do note I'm considered one of the luckier ones (I dare say one of the best in my dept, because my portfolio is relatively manageable and reasonably staffed) If you're unlucky (and you're more likely than not), like most of everyone is, you'd be putting in the mad hours everyone else talks about.

Do u have audit bckground? For seniors the range is 3.8k (at least it used to) to 5.5k (2nd year seniors or AMs).

AS for managers it's 7k+ (bck then). Im not sure whether there is any revision for managers upward since. 7.5k seems reasonable lol

This post has been edited by ThanatosSwiftfire: Jun 25 2011, 01:28 PM

The floor for managers in PwC was 7k 2 years ago. Not sure about how other firms are, but I'm guessing within that range.

No certainty here, but from hearsay, the PR and communications department of Deloitte does not seem to be the best of the Big 4s. I suppose either PwC / EY has the best in this aspect. That said, it's just rumours, and what do we know about rumours

Ironic isn't it, for PR, they aren't very well heard of. (Actually, same goes for the rest of the big 3s. I haven't heard much of the PR/Comm dept in PwC/EY/KPMG either)

Maybe that's part of the plan.

Though from internal communications in my firm though, PR/Communications dept appear to be a firefighting dept, especially when they get tangled in some financial fraud or saga

Hahaha ironically CIPS and REC are more in common than you think. In both CIPS and REC the core clients are property clients (in CIPS case it's Sime Properties) and for REC (as it's name suggest real estate and construction). SO personally, both is about the same.

I say given your timing of joining I think go for EY would be better. PwC always late at salary adjustments and all