I quit about a year ago after 5 years. I love my new job and better hours but I am chronically fatigued. I feel like since I quit my body has been playing catch up. Has anyone else experienced this? What helped you?
I need advice from a partner/MD/Senior Manager on how to deal with leaders who don’t want you on their team. I am a new manager who has been working with this client since I joined the firm as an associate. Ever since I became a senior, it’s been increasingly difficult to work with a lead senior manager. The SM ignores my emails even after I do follow ups. He interacts with me only when he truly needs my assistance but often leaves me out of the loop on important matters where I am expected to collaborate and be informed. A couple of times I have emailed him and messaged him to get his take on items I’m working on but I usually don’t get a reply. I believe he only works with me when he is told to do so by higher ups (partner on the engagement is happy with my performance on multiple clients). He tends to put me on the spot when I make a mistake as if to smear my image. I say this because he has not done this to other team members that are in the same level as me. Performing well on this clients is imperative for me to be successful at the firm. However, I’m starting to consider the possibility of quitting because, let’s be honest, the lead SM is a key member of the engagement, and if he doesn’t want to work with me there’s little I can do. I don’t think it is the en of the world. I know I have great work ethic and will be successful where ever I go. Nevertheless, I want to know if any of you have dealt with this and how you responded.
I’m an audit staff in a small EY office and I’m thinking about transferring to a larger office like NYC in the future. I’m trying to understand what the day-to-day life is actually like there before making that decision. For those who have worked at EY NYC (or other Big 4s):
Any insight is appreciated. Thanks in advance!
I'm a first-time intern, and I've grown to dislike my senior.
They have no sense of personal boundaries, acting like I'm their friend. The senior keeps touching me uncomfortably, keeps trying to make fun of my mistakes and how I look like "I want to kill myself" during busy season out loud for everyone in the office to hear.
It's the senior's first time on the file, same as me.
This senior always assigns work without asking if I have the capacity at like 5pm, and says "to finish it by tonight." I'm always told to look at prior year instructions, and whenever I don't understand it, they always say, "idk figure it out, I wasn't here last year” and still demands work to be finished by that night.
Whenever I finish, and need reviews by the senior, they're always saying "do I really need to review? I trust you," but doesn't hesitate to blame others when a mistake is caught.
Other people took notice during the partner review, when I was messaged and called dozens of times to walk through a lead sheet that I didn't even do.... and the senior signed off as a reviewer yet doesn’t know anything about the lead sheet...
Other team members aren't a fan of this senior either. Everyone else on the team are amazing people, and I keep going because I don't want to let them down.
Everyone on the team has repeatedly said they're happy with the quality and effort I've been putting in. Thing is, the Senior keeps saying they're going to request that I'm on their file during my next internship.
I do want to return, but I really, really, really dislike this senior, in terms of both personality and work. I know I can't just say "I don't want to be on your team again" to the senior's face...
Is there any way I can reject their request without direct confrontation?
I will be interning with Deloitte this upcoming Summer and assuming things go well, I have plans to start full time next Summer (2027) as a campus recruit. I am currently doing an internship with a different firm for the current Winter and while it is long hours, the money, work environment, and the fact I am genuinely interested in accounting has helped solidify my idea that I do want to do accounting for the foreseeable future.
However, since its still about a year and 2 months away until I start full time and since i'm still in college, i've been toying around with side hustles and something i've always wanted to do is content creation (tiktok, ig specifically). More of the day in the life vlogs, unboxing hauls, travel videos, cooking videos, whatever. Nothing political, nothing "controversial". I have already somewhat started and have been slowly growing an audience and want to know if I continue doing this and start getting bigger, would having a social media presence be an issue if I will be working in Big 4 next year?
Would they ask me to private my videos and take things down if they found my social media?
Im a finance student with CFA Level 1. I want to have advanced financial accounting understanding so I can analyse financial statements at a deeper level and make better investment decisions (I also need it for my job).
What resources do you recommend? Do you think CFA L2 offer advanced financial analysis skills or read books such as accounting shenanigans or pursue the CA (I dont want to be an accountant)
hey y'all. so i am joining corporate tom. my first time working at a corporate space. please provide me some positivity and motivation to keep in mind.
i would encourage only good things. i really don't want to listen to any negativity at this point.
Hi there, just wanted to get information from those that have worked in EY before in SG. What to expect for first day and the first week and subsequent weeks after that as a new joiner. Heard about orientation and audit training but would want to know more about that as well for those who went through it?
Thanks!
Hi, so currently I’m trying to transition from assurance associate in the asset management team to a financial analyst. I have an in person interview with the finance manager Wednesday for a product company. How can I prepare and what type of questions should I be preparing for? Please help, thanks!
I am mainly referring to Deloitte in this post, but please give me advice for all companies!
Hey! I am in my 3rd year of studying Economic & Social History/Sociology, and I've been told that Deloitte is pretty decent for hiring graduates from humanities/social science backgrounds, so I think I want to work towards the graduate scheme. I'm looking for some extracurricular advice for things to add to my CV to become a better-fitting candidate. I also just want to note that I do not know anything really about economics, so as stated later in this post, I am putting myself out there to unofficially learn the fundamentals once the semester begins again.
I did not ever imagine myself going into a field of work like this, and so, I don't have a lot of work experience in this area. I always imagined myself working within the SOCIAL side of social sciences (i.e. teaching, social work, politics, etc.), so to chase the other side of my degree is insane whiplash. I am very excited by this new perspective however, and I am very willing to make it work due to having so many transferable skills. I am confident in my ability to adapt, and I have a few months to tailor my skills to a different perspective.
I think I would like to look into doing the Deloitte Graduate Scheme as an Auditor! Or anywhere that has a similar position!
I have a TON of work experience and volunteering in the "social" side of my degree (i.e. tutoring young students in history, politics, sociology etc, helping at homeless shelters & packaging food for food banks, helping the elderly & vulnerable in hospitals etc) but I have none of that experience on the other side-Economics. I am going to take extra classes in Business and Economics in my last year of university to try to mould myself into a better candidate, but I will not get official recognition for this as part of my degree, unfortunately, and this will simply be for my own confidence. I can still add this to my CV, but I will not be able to present the evidence that I took these classes officially. Economics, I am not too worried about presenting, as it is already in my degree title, but Business will not show up.
I also plan to deep dive into basic economics and potentially finance over the summer, using university-level 1 textbooks. There are a few societies in my university that would align with what Deloitte would look for in a candidate, but some of these societies focus more on culture instead of academics (i.e. movie nights, quiz nights etc). The extra-curricular activities I am looking for would ideally be individual.
I don't have fantastic math skills, but I worked my ass off to get my basic qualification, and achieved it as an adult by going to evening classes after my regular day classes at uni, and I would work even harder to better my math skills if needed for a chance to work there. Due to COVID, it took me 4 years to get my maths certified, but I blame 2 of those years for the lack of exam support & cancellations, and the 3rd year for a lack of confidence. My 4th year was my optional return as an adult, and I got a C! Considering my grandfather was dying for most of this evening class, I am very happy that I passed with a C, but I can see if this makes me a worse candidate due to the low score. I would say I am pretty good at maths as an adult, as long as I am not quizzed on the spot about something really complicated (I'm dyslexic too!) but I worked with maths a lot more outside of school in cafes etc, which has granted me the fundamental money handling skills, budgeting and numeracy. Algebra? Not my thing!
I have between June and August 2026 to add stuff to my CV for the intake in September (I believe this is the due date for the applications?). Does anyone have any recommendations? I can do volunteering, potential short-term work experience, and tighten up my knowledge in specific subjects, but I will not earn official credentials for this (I will still add it to my CV, though!). I cannot do the summer vacation scheme before anyone asks! I missed the deadline due to only hearing about the company recently!
I appreciate any support! I am very open to any suggestions. Any questions, please ask :)
*I realize after writing this out that it seems like I think everyone just sucks. I don't. I really try to see the good in people and situations but I am having a hard time with no support*
GPT TLDR - On a big consulting project dealing with a Senior Manager who’s consistently a jerk (especially to people below him), including on client calls. Tried to handle it professionally but lost my cool once and got called out while leadership didn’t back me up at all. My own team privately agrees he’s a problem but won’t push back publicly. Manager is inexperienced, SM is checked out, partner is useless. Feels like zero support, toxic dynamic, and now I’m pretty sure I’m getting managed out.
But my own thoughts:
I'm on this project currently as a consultant. It's pretty big as far as projects my practice works on gets. There is this one SM on a different team who is just a jerk to pretty much who isn't above him or equal title. He might be cool with his suboordinates who are in his immediate workstream but I don't really have insight there. I don't know if it's a cultural thing or if he is just a prick, but I tried my best in dealing with him (I'm a S3 who is basically the support for every stream on the project) but he is just a non stop jerk. I lost my cool at one point and got a bit snarky with the guy which I received critisism for. I felt like my own team didn't have my back, or is just spineless themselves.
My manager is fine as a person but terrible as a manager and I personally don't think she has any business being on this project because this is her first implentation and she has no experience leading on something like this. Its a really complicated massive project and without experience doing something like this it's just a hard ask. My SM is cool as a person also, but took about a year to have any participation on the project outside what was 100% required of him. I understand that SM isn't really focused on the day-to-day but the way my workstream is, his expertise is needed. The partner on the product is what any partner is. I think she sucks as a person based on 1-1's and partners are pretty much useless on projects anyways.
I think I had to mention them because I feel that I get no backup from them on calls with this guy. They cow down to him like they have no title of their own. They are spineless and don't push back on calls which makes it seem like this guy has total control.
The guy doesn't frame anything in a positive light. If you do something he is happy with he immediately tries to poke a hole in something else. He does it live on client calls as well, like he is trying to make the entire team look bad. I spoke up on an internal call with my team and his team and questioned why he was being a jerk as professionaly as I could. My teammates (M and SM) who in private conversations have expressed the same thing didn't stand behind me at all. I lost all respect for my team. I'm also now being managed out by them in what they think is a subtle way, but come on.. I know the deal. And I swear to whatever god you believe in, I was as professional as someone can be in asking why this guy is just a cunt. It was talked about often on my team and widely understood across teams on the project.
They drink the kool aid, which everyone here I think understands as chokes on the cock that they need to and I don't blame them. But as I said they are spineless.
I'm wondering if anyone else who is currently in B4 or previously in B4 had a similar experience?
Hey folks,
I’m based in Toronto, Canada and currently with a big-4 here at director level. I’m looking at a potential opportunity in the Bay Area, it’s going to be at the same level. Wanted to get a sense of the best case scenario that I can expect in terms of base and variable pay, so I can play that in my negotiations.
Coming from Canada, don’t have direct first hand insights of the local market and glass door and likes are providing a very wide range.
Any insights would be really appreciated.
I need and suggestions on how to tackle the interview :)
btw Is it normal to get an interview by director or partner for an experienced role in big 4?
Thanks in advance!
I recently rolled off a project (following guidance) and haven’t been able to find a new one for over a month. I’ve had a few calls with managers seeking specific skills I haven’t used yet, though I’m confident I could learn them quickly with some guidance—I’ve already self-taught one in a day when I wasn’t given the chance.
Is it normal to go this long without landing a new project? And should I be upfront about gaps in experience, or is it expected to stretch the truth? I usually work in small teams doing high level work and don’t want to slow things down or create friction by taking on tasks I can’t immediately execute.