CPAbyDay
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1. Resume Booster - Whichever Big 4 you work at, you are in the upper 3% of Accounting Firms.
2. Company BlackBerry or Smartphone with unlimited tethering.
3. 5 Star Hotels - Marriott, Starwood, Hilton, whichever.
4. Recruiting Events - Any recruiting event you are automatically a celebrity. Bask in its glory.
5. Points - Hotel, Airline, Rental Car, Credit Card...you name it, they are yours.
6. Per Diem - $40-$50 a day - Spend it your way! Note: under $25 no receipt required!!
CPAbyDay
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@Jenuno01 - Yeah I have worked with multiple firms and no you don't get the same benefits from the smaller firms than you do the Big 4.
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7. Company Credit Card - Whether it be Diners or AMEX use it for everything business, limit free!
8. Valet - Drive your car to the out of town audit? No worries, just use the Valet
9. Tips - Act like a big shot and give tips to all the bell boys if you want...expense reimbursement for tips.
10. Fast reimbursements - No waiting for months to get that reimbursement check, two weeks or less!
11. Limo - Large audit team? No problem. Optional Limo service available. Travel in style.
12. Health Program - Join a gym, buy a kayak, get reimbursed for staying healthy.
13. Inventory observations - Where else can you be a first year and scare the crap out of a District Manager when you show up at a surprise inventory count?!
14. Weekends - Have to work over a weekend, no worries fly a friend or anyone out for the weekend for free. Working weekends never felt so good.
15. Publicly Traded Company's - You rub shoulders everyday with the biggest and the best. NETWORK and land that 100k job.
jdiiorio
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hahaha that's a positive way of looking at working for the Big 4. Since the day I decided to be an accountant I also decided I would not be working for Big 4 just bc I'm interested in other aspects of accounting and bc I did not want to follow my father's path.
Disclaimer: I am just posting the next comment not to be an a** but just to make sure ppl who don't get into the big 4 don't feel like they're missing out.
I get all those things #s 1 -15 plus other benefits (which I'm sure each company has its own little perks) and I don't work for the big 4. So if you don't get hired by the big 4 don't worry you can also find other company's out there with same benefits and more.
Ps. I don't work insane hours =)
markiux88
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I have to admit I've always had the idea of working for any of the Big 4; however I know the chances are very remote because I'm not currently in public acg. and because the closest large city is 2 hours away and they would not even look at a student from my university even if this person has BAP, community service, and 4.0 GPA.
All those benefits sounds great! I wish the Big 4 did not exist so I did not have to think about it. I got excited when I went to Atlanta and saw the building named Ernst and Young...lol
jelly
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Please know what you're doing as a Big4 representative. I took a Big4 manager to school, in front of the public client, by showing how a very easy testing technique revealed a possible 11-digit restatement for several years' worth of clean-opinion 10K filings.
CannotPassAgain
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@CPAbyDay they all sound like great benefits almost exclusive to Big 4, but #13 sounds like a filler so you can get a nice even list of 15
@calisteph6 LOLOL this girl is super witty! good one
misanthrope87
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1. Resume Booster - Whichever Big 4 you work at, you are in the upper 3% of Accounting Firms.
Okay this is the only reason to work for a Big 4.
2. Company BlackBerry or Smartphone with unlimited tethering.
Ya and in exchange, you have given them your mind, body, and soul. They can contact you 24/7.
3. 5 Star Hotels - Marriott, Starwood, Hilton, whichever.
I don't think it's worth working like a dog/slave and giving away your youth and health.
4. Recruiting Events - Any recruiting event you are automatically a celebrity. Bask in its glory.
This doesn't happen too many times.
5. Points - Hotel, Airline, Rental Car, Credit Card...you name it, they are yours.
Same as number 3.
6. Per Diem - $40-$50 a day - Spend it your way! Note: under $25 no receipt required!!
This is typical in any CPA firm if you have to travel, give or take 10 dollars or so.
Herbieherb
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I think the only good part is the resume builder...if it was so great they would have Like a 90% retention rate. What % actually stay 5+ years? And the working on a weekend perk sounds like brainwashing LOL
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