[Anonymous]

I’ve been reading through going concern and the running joke seems to be that KPMG is the weakest of all the audit companies, is less prestigious, has the worst technology, etc. Is there any truth to it, or is it just satire? I would think that auditing is auditing, but would a firm looking to hire me for a controller position, for example, down the road really take someone who works at EY over someone at KPMG because EY is slightly bigger (by revenues and whatnot) or does it not matter?

Also, just how bad is the technology at KPMG? Can anyone who works there chime in regarding this (i.e. what they use for email, laptops, etc.)? Maybe they aren’t using gmail and macbooks, but they’re not using abacuses to balance books or something, are they?

[Jaane]

Hey accountingmymoney12,

Big4 is Big4 as far as your resume is concerned. Period.

Having said that, it is fun to play up stereotypes about each firm. Just for fun (of course!).

[Tuffy11111]

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[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

I personally think that amongst those IN public accounting there might be a hierarchy but outside of public, no one cares. All of the jobs I've read say something like “Public Accounting Experience Required. Big 4 Preferred” I've never seen one that said “EY Public Accounting Experience Required”

[howmany74s]

Nobody cares, they're all the same.

[acamp]

Ah the Big 3 and a Half! Har har har 😉

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[Anonymous]

When we hire consultants for in house work (mostly valuations) we always contact all Big 4 + 2 or 3 smaller firms.

Big 4 is treated and looked at the same in Industry. The perception that one or two Big 4 firm offers a higher quality product is non-existent and doesn't play into any kind of decision making.

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