no offence, but i think kl staff work harder.. i'm just talking about audit..

or like what vin_ann said, transfer to kl office la

well.. pretty obvious..

In other states... basically if you've decided to work in your "hometown" there isn't a lot of places to go to.. It's just a matter of supply and demand.. if starting pay of Big4 in KL is 2.1k till 2.3k.. you would expect starting pay that these branch offices to be 1.7k -2k.. perhaps maybe even less..

It's always about revenue generation. Considering the KL office will have many MNC/high profiled clients, the audit fee will definitely be higher than the smaller companies in the smaller towns. Therefore, it is only fair to reward the staff accordingly.

There is rumour that PwC KL has revised its staffs' salaries effective January 2007.

Can anyone confirm this fact?

i think we should start a website for all Auditors...

We should start a thread for all staffs in Big4, instead of just focusing on auditors... Because some are from advisory, and some from tax.

any reason why advisory in particular?

only for managers and above for audit line

Is it mandatory for guys working in Big4 to have short hair?

Actually it's not limited to audit only, it's a firm wide initiative for ALL levels to re-align salaries to match commercial rates. This mainly arose due to the fact that newly recruited experienced hires were getting market rates when they joined the firm, creating a disparity between their base salary and those already existing. The re-alignment was creating to eliminate the disparity between the two, and was done on all levels. But the ones that will have a difference will definitely be those who have served the firm for a few years (i.e. AMs and above).

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Added on February 5, 2007, 1:04 pmI think it's just about being professional. You can't expect to go to client's with long flowing hair or dreadlocks and expect to be taken seriously right? Likewise if you were to dye your hair bright brown or orange. The key word here is being neat and tidy, and is not limited to your hairstyle but your clothing as well. The same applies with any other professional lines, except marketing and maybe IT.

This post has been edited by frodododo: Feb 5 2007, 01:04 PM

are you all serious?

last time there's a case in Singapore.. someone started this Big4 Website for singaporeans.. the person sort of like got sued and had to take down the website..

no written rules about hair length.. but it's better to keep it short for professional image... i've got told a few times to cut my hair...

yes, i was only paying attention to the audit line, therefore i only mention the audit line salary increment.. i think i phrased my sentence badly.. the sentence should be

"for audit line, it's only for managers and above"

hehehehe

No particular reason. Just my personal belief that advisory is more value adding than audit. Value adding in a direct way that will affect the business immediately. For instance setting up a fixed asset system that will radically change the way it is accounted for. Or designing a program that will enable help frontline banking staff to be more efficient. And the diversity of the work in advisory, compared to audit audit audit. Plus, when on advisory jobs, you're most likely challenging yourself to think out of the box, rather than audit audit audit. Yeah, in audit, you may have tackle very different issues, but in the end, it's thinking in the box - what does the regulation say, how to comply, and how best to audit.

Again. Just my humble opinion yah

why am i learning more about pwc here than at work. :S

hahah i think there are so many pwc staff here.. it eclipse the other big 4's staff.. any other ppl from EY? KPMG or DKC?

saw KPMG advertisement today...

is other big4 also hire people???

wondering if I am an engineering sudent, can i apply for any of the BIG 4 companies? I mean will they hired me? Any string attached? like get bonded with them or only selected job field that I can work at... since i dun have experience iand knowledge n accounting?

I dun think you can. There are minimum requirements to join the company (at least in the audit field).

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Added on March 9, 2007, 7:59 amThat's not what I heard.... I have friends who are audit assistants whose salaries were revised. My friends in EY did mention that the salary revision there were only for seniors and managers though

This post has been edited by melsism: Mar 9 2007, 07:59 AM

so the experienced candidates from medium firm who apply big4 will get higher paid? or will be same as fresh?

Hey. I managed to get an Intern position in EY beginning July. Its a 6-month stint, and ive been fortunately (I THINK) placed in Risk Assurance And Business Solutions (RAABS). The prob is, according to my interviewer, she mentioned that not many individuals get to intern in that department. Basically im not too clear on how I shud prepare myself. Anyone from EY have any tips for me ?

I really wana do well so that i stand a good chance to work Full Time when i finally Grad!

Thanks !!

This post has been edited by aboogee: Apr 7 2007, 03:27 AM