The truth about life at The Big Four (UK)

[@deltaranger3530]

Love the brutal honesty.

[@АндрейМатулевич-э7к]

Thanks for the video! Does it mean that salary in the regions as an assistant manager is about 30K?

[@Cambomcleod]

Thanks for the helpful clip. Any advice for graduates?

[@vitezslavslavik6662]

Working in the consulting (advisory) part of PwC for couple years, many things you said apply there as well. Just want to add some things. 1. There is an significant snowball effect with work. When joining big 4, you may struggle to find projects. You do often the job that no one wants to do, but after a while it gets much better. Everyone who is capable of delivering gets recognized and gets involved in many future projects. 2. Work Life balance - It's pretty bad , I was working full time even as an intern, but once I became an associate, then it went to 50/60 hours per week. If the deadlines in multiple projects align around the same date, we worked 70-100 per week. But it may depend on the team I guess. 3. Partners - Our partners are just dont the earth guys. There were talking to me (intern) and always insisten in showing them what i'm working on. I think that big 4 has very encouraging environment. 4. Questions - I struggled with imposter syndrom, but promised myself, that I will ask as much as possible, otherwise it won't go away. And after years it was crutial part of my journey. So ask, no one has expertise with everything, that's why the teams are so diverse. 5. Travelling - In consulting, there is a lot of travelling all around the globe, but it's mainly limited to the managers. You can go on secondmends to different country, but you need to perform. Btw everyone imagines traveling to NY, but the reality hits you when you go to Pakistan instead and get food poisoning from their local kitchen right before client's meeting.

[@shah5757]

Do the big 4 take on graduates from non accounting, business or economics backgrounds ?

[@Mukovd]

Yes they do. I work in a big 4 and we have people with all types of degrees.

[@nicklancer3923]

@@Mukovd This gives me relief as a History undergraduate. What should I do to improve my chances?

[@vitezslavslavik6662]

@@nicklancer3923 So if you are outside the finance, you still have a chance to get into consulting (advisory) teams. However based on my experience, they mainly want the STEM educations there together with business. Unfortunately, not sure how history would be relevant to them.

[@nicklancer3923]

@@vitezslavslavik6662 Do you know why this is? I mean it seems as though you can get into consulting, or accounting which is what I would be interested in.

[@vitezslavslavik6662]

The main work of a consultant is to analyse and advise so you need to know at least the basics of data analytics. That's pretty much the baseline even for interns. And big 4 consulting pushes pretty heavily the data-driven consulting with a focus on technology innovations, so that's the reason. Really assess the situation, if the big 4 is really for you and you just didn't get caught up in their marketing campaign, because based on the field you are studying, it's a totally different domain. Not sure for which level you would aim, but learning some analytics, SQL language, be prepared for the interviews and have some good argumentation on why are you studying history, and you could potentially get an entry-level job (intern or junior associate) as a consultant. But the competition is very strong so don't be sad when you get rejected.

[@mjmariajackson]

Wow good vid

[@mattjones3197]

Pleased you liked it Maria - Please consider subscribing for more vids like this in the future.. Is there anything in particular you'd like to see?

[@sagarmalhotra9177]

Hi brother. I have done ACCA and completed my 3 years training in India in audit and financial reporting. Also I have 1 year post qualification experience. If I come to London, at what post/position I will most probably join in Big 4 ? Please answer if you have idea. Thanks

[@daviddvilakazi2385]

Hey I have a similar route also, completed my 3 year training at a big 4 in South Africa (Audit) and have about 1 year post qualification experience , so they usually take us in as Senior 2/Assistant manager. We have a lot of us moving from SA to the UK.

[@sagarmalhotra9177]

@@daviddvilakazi2385 Hi, thanks buddy for your reply. Yeah, I too see lot of SA qualified accountants moving to Ireland and UK for better opportunities. Any idea, are big4 ready to sponsor tier 2 ?

[@daviddvilakazi2385]

Yeah I know KPMG, PWC, EY, BDO and Mazars UK are all currently sponsoring the skilled VISA

[@sagarmalhotra9177]

@@daviddvilakazi2385 That's great. Are you available on LinkedIn ?

[@daviddvilakazi2385]

Yes I am.