Double yes.

Dear tendouSouji,

The fact that you are so concern bout the time you'll need to put for your work, just shows that you are not committed enough to be in BiG4.
Cause there is no "how many hours you work per day?" such of question.
It'll sound more logical "how many hours you get to sleep?"
Longest, I've work, 8.30am/9.00am untill 5am/6am for one entire week, continuosly. I look exactly like a zombie then.
And that is with me being in one of the less "stessful" department. So you can imagine how the others work.

peak period, Jan till April. (at least till 2am) My senior work for entire solid 3weeks....8/7am till next day 4.30am,go home, and then come back to work around 7am. But I was allowed to go back around 2.30+.

However, bout Dec onwards you'll already have terrible working hours, which I would deemed as VERY good already (12 to 1am)

And it very much depends on your engagement year end. And whether it is a reporting job or not.

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Added on June 18, 2011, 12:25 amand one more thing. I think you should look for a firm, with nicer seniors rather than "nicer" working hours. Cause having horrible seniors, can make your "short" working hours into a nightmare too.
Trust me, this is a VERY good piece of advice.

This post has been edited by Erny Errol: Jun 18 2011, 12:25 AM

Auditors often think, we must finish our work before we go home. Therefore we work till late nights. Cause we fail to address that : there is no such thing as finish your work dy. Cause when u finish one thing, there is another, and another...then another.

I was seconded to the Business School in my firm for a month.
Funniest thing was during the first day, I tried finishing up all the work given to me while everyone went home at 5.30pm.
Cause as auditors, we must finish our work!
One fine day, at 6pm, the business school manager look at me and said, "what are u stil doing here? continue tomorrow. Go Home!"

Lolz. I told my mum, aft one mth here, I seriously dont know how to go back to auditors' life.

I think its all personal preference.
For me, I prefer a firm with multi industries so that I have the chance to learn everything...then only I can decide on what suit me better.
For example, now, I know I hate construction and bank industry. So I'll be changing to a new firm, and I made it clear to my future employer that my interest is in manufacturing and trading company, and that I strictly DO NOT want any construction or banking engagements.

PWC & EY = specific.

KPMG & Deloitte = Range.

I doubt.