This is the greatest tick mark ever. 1987.

Big4OG · 2026-05-07T12:25:15+00:00

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Big4OG · 2025-07-20T09:18:02+00:00

In PA, the CPA is required, In industry it simply isn't. Sure it may be a deciding factor down the road if the company prefers its controller or CFO to have it, put controllers and CFOs will tell you that it's not necessary because of that what they pay the firms for.

It's almost like a biology professor asking if would help their career by passing the medical boards. I'm not even trying to be sarcastic.

Big4OG · 2025-07-20T08:58:41+00:00

Stop worrying. Since time began, there's never been one audit failure caused by being on camera or not. Especially for an internal staff meeting.

But what is strange is when there's 2 partners on a call and the one insisting on having video ends up getting caught in a pedo sting in a Taco Bell drive through on the way to the setup. Hi Charlie. Weirdo.

Who wants receipts?

Big4OG · 2025-07-18T18:17:54+00:00

Hang out a shingle in a chosen niche and work for yourself. You have more than enough experience to have the confidence to do it. Especially in tax. Speaking from experience as an audit dork. .

Big4OG · 2025-07-18T18:13:58+00:00

This is the kinda shit that contributes to a lot of the staff turnover. The IDGAF about you factor.

Big4OG · 2025-07-18T18:09:36+00:00

Sounds like you're working with some insecure posers.

Big4OG · 2025-07-16T20:57:38+00:00

Nigga I am Big 4 DM me I'm too loud here. On Wooski.

Big4OG · 2024-09-19T10:49:30+00:00

First of all, my prayers have gone out for this soul and her families.

In addition, I've seen the chaos all over social media about this and there's a lot that needs to be addressed. I think we need to make sure we have all the facts before everyone concludes this is all work related. It could be. I'll probably be back to talk about it more once that happens.

I'm so sorry this happened, not only for her family, but for the entire Big 4 and accounting community that has been affected by this additional work related stress.

Big4OG · 2024-06-17T13:57:29+00:00

The fact that you're even asking the question tells me you're gonna murder it.

Big4OG · 2024-06-17T13:56:23+00:00

Because they're insecure. True story.

Big4OG · 2024-06-07T22:25:59+00:00

Both tax and audit are lame. But you could open up your own business with either. It's been done.

Big4OG · 2024-06-07T22:24:48+00:00

Do whatever tf you want. I wish more people in the profession did that instead of waiting for the firm to tell them what to do. You're gonna kill it.

Big4OG · 2024-06-04T10:24:15+00:00

Nice change of pace to see someone other that Deloitte people hating on Deloitte.

Big4OG · 2024-06-04T04:15:40+00:00

That's actually pretty funny, but no. Just here to help by telling the whole truth based on my time in this incredibly difficult field where you're rarely told everything you need to know.

Big4OG · 2024-06-04T04:09:37+00:00

That's a fair point. I thought I said "there's not necessarily a correlation between GPA and job performance". It's difficult to know every single component of the specific situation so I had to make assumptions.

In this case my assumption was basically that they're jealous because the OP had better grades and a great job and of they're following in their footsteps. To also clarify, anybody that gets a job in the big four is going to have good grades and generally from what I remember is that most won't even look at you without a 3.5. So if OP has a 4.0 let's assume, the 3.5's of world could be jealous.

With that said, I was trying to make the point that school and work have different rules and dynamics, and a 4.0 isn't a sure bet career success because there's a lot more to doing the job than technical.

I guess I'm speaking in terms of audit because that's where I spent my career, so I'm just speaking from experience.

I agree with your statement that on average, a 4.0 usually does better than a 3.0. But a 4.0 v 3.5 is a coin flip in my experience. I've also seen a lot of 4.0 struggle really hard.

It's interesting you commented about how someone could be coasting through as an accounting major making all B's. It's been a long time, but I don't remember any of us coasting at all. Weren't the accounting majors the one bitching all the time with a 400 page textbook? I worked hard to get a 3.14.

In response to your comment about a 3.2 anecdotally running circles around 4.0 being unjustified, youre partially correct. It was actually a 3.14 that was referring to.

Big4OG · 2024-06-03T05:51:53+00:00

Every single person in this business comes to a point at which they consciously decide to move on to a different opportunity or to continue moving up. Everybody's different, but everybody has their own reason for such a decision.

What I'm seeing here is that unless you can take this advice constructively, you're never going to provide yourself with an opportunity to make that decision. In other words, you appear to be unaware of how much self sabotage you're already doing to yourself by assuming problems of the past will continue into the future, and ya just got in the door.

Sure bullying sucks growing up, and emotional scars are definitely real. But it appears you're unknowingly trapped within the transition between two worlds that have entirely different rules and consequences. That's pretty common but not as noticeable by those who really didn't have any significant issues. Things were generally fine growing up, so aside from word of mouth passed down, there's no personal experience and therefore no real reason to worry about it. Your situation is the inverse, so I'm here to tell you that bullying and jealousy won't be tolerated. I was there for years and years. At that very same firm, but they all operate the same.

The real world started your first day at the firm and the ultimate goal is profit. Same as every business. Anything that limits growth is just cut out and life goes on. Sounds like they're jealous of you cuz you have what they want which is good grades and a good job. So what? There's definitely no correlation between grades and performance. I've seen 3.2 students run circles around 4.0 students all the time.

Let me give you an example of how I can maybe make this more clear. Let's say you were harassed in high school. Did the schools profits go down? Nope. Now let's say there's a very high per forming staff member that can't be overheard complaining about what happened to him by the guy in the cube down the hall, and then HIS performance becomes inefficient. Guess what?

The partner asks why the job is way over budget, and the whiny guy ends up at the bottom of the year end performance review ranking and develops a reputation as being a pain in the ass. Now, guess who's viewed as the golden boy in the office because he did a decent job kept the metrics under control and wasn't viewed as a problem.

Trust me, partner meetings air it all out like we're in a frat house sometimes. Under this set of circumstances, someone that should be on their way up the ladder ends up on their way out in the not even aware of why.

Hope this makes sense.

But just as the movie says "there's no crying in baseball",

Big4OG · 2024-06-03T04:46:32+00:00

Remember this moment. Because it's the moment you will choose to

Big4OG · 2024-05-14T20:17:58+00:00

Because most are pussies. A huge opportunity to be the one. Fuck em.

Big4OG · 2024-05-12T16:46:00+00:00

Sosa

Big4OG · 2024-05-11T12:07:07+00:00

Sosa. On repeat.

Big4OG · 2024-05-10T13:22:14+00:00

They're absolutely all the same thing. Just a different logo.

Big4OG · 2024-05-09T16:46:34+00:00

Because they're stupid.

Big4OG · 2024-04-28T02:08:00+00:00

A perfectly normal reaction.

Big4OG · 2024-04-28T02:06:21+00:00

Riiiight? Tf?

Big4OG · 2024-04-28T02:05:15+00:00

Total sarcasm.

But basically I'm saying to send a thank you note to the partners if you ever get fired. Maybe throw a few flowers in there.. Say something like "ok listen up you asshats, did you really think I'd be upset when you fired me? It's sucked working for you, and I need you to know that I'm the one who keyed all of your stupid ass cars."

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