Comparing western and Asia is not easy and there are many factors.

My perspective it's easier to budget due to:
1) In the west, clients quality are generally better. Clients are bigger and can afford to pay more audit fees. This leads to more resources from audit firm and client with higher profits are also easier to audit due to higher materiality. Audit staffs can focus on analytics than manual work.
2) Currency exchange is better leading to easier targets
3) Audit staffs also higher quality coming from better schools
4) As most western clients have higher standard of governance and culture, the audit work is easier too. Eastern culture tend to be harder for auditors

Asia is developing country as compared to mature western so there are many other aspects. A key development is that in the west, only the bigger companies need to be audited so all the audit work monopolised by big4. In Asia or Malaysia for example, even small sdn bhd needs to be audited. This creates a lot of job for smaller audit firms. There is a law not too long ago that provided some exemptions but tax law may be contradicted. I don't really follow the news anymore but in Asia the focus is still more on quantity than quality.

Yes totally agree with you. Always wondered if we had a country with stronger currency and not so focus on quantity, perhaps Asia could have been a nicer place to work in as well.. But again who knows, some would say grass is greener on the other side etc.

Another point to note is that people who started the career or trained in Asia environment find that the western audit processes/works are relatively more lenient as compared to Asia counterparts simply because Asian is more kiasi and want to check everything if not most of the thing to be safe 

Then the Asia boss will argue that you can see we dont have major fraud cases here whereas you would have seen a lot of cases elsewhere

Another point to note is that people who started the career or trained in Asia environment find that the western audit processes/works are relatively more lenient as compared to Asia counterparts simply because Asian is more kiasi and want to check everything if not most of the thing to be safe 

Then the Asia boss will argue that you can see we dont have major fraud cases here whereas you would have seen a lot of cases elsewhere

Interested to know how much salary for auditor if fresh graduate with degree holder. Understand big 4 has revised its salary.
KPMG - basic ? + allowance ?
EY - basic ? + allowance ?
PWC - basic ? + allowance ?

Any fresh grad A1 got offer in EY start in Oct, what's the salary package now after the pay revision?

Interested to know how much salary for auditor if fresh graduate with degree holder. Understand big 4 has revised its salary.
KPMG - basic ? + allowance ?
EY - basic ? + allowance ?
PWC - basic ? + allowance ?

Hi. Would like to know if big 4 has salary increment/ adjustment after probation?

May I know what the Finance Services Industry Audit is be like, as compared to the manufacturing, construction or other retail industry audit.

May I know what the Finance Services Industry Audit is be like, as compared to the manufacturing, construction or other retail industry audit.

Hi... May I know for the case of probation in any of the big 4, is it usually people will be turning into a permanent staff? And, at worst will it be extending the probation period or being fired, if the work performance is not that good?

Ohh I see... Is it also meaning that there is a need to submit a slightly different version of audit report to the BNM right? Aside from regular audit report to the SC... Or that type of audit is just submit another copy of the audit report to BNM?

Hi... May I know for the case of probation in any of the big 4, is it usually people will be turning into a permanent staff? And, at worst will it be extending the probation period or being fired, if the work performance is not that good?