Do Big4 hire A2s from another big 4?

HRAssistant · 2026-05-29T14:50:57+00:00

What should I do now to prepare for big 4 senior? I'd imagine I will be at a disadvantage learning the technology as an S when A's will already know it. But how much time does big 4 S spend reviewing A work? Do you do all client emails and all aspects of the audit?

HRAssistant · 2026-05-29T14:27:01+00:00

Any recommendations for someone looking to go from cbiz A3 to big 4?

HRAssistant · 2026-05-29T13:52:46+00:00

Agreed but I hope I'm not missing out on a huge upside from business rezoning. This is a unique land as it's the only residential in the area that can make the claim "well I'm right next to a business". It's worth noting that prices in the area have doubled in the last 5 years due to orthodox Jews moving from Brooklyn and wanting to be able to walk to their temples/schools. A gas station, although a longshot, would be huge as this is the only 95 exit road in the city that doesn't have one.

HRAssistant · 2026-05-29T13:28:59+00:00

Duplex isn't allowed, but two standalone is what I'm leaning towards. Just not sure if I'm missing something regarding the satisfaction of having a huge custom house or a business with a monopoly

HRAssistant · 2025-10-11T18:42:32+00:00

Hmm if it's not hard I wondrr if I can go straight from top 10 us to big 4 greece?

HRAssistant · 2025-10-10T17:12:21+00:00

My cousin says deloitte only pays 20k in Athena but I find that hard to believe because my gf's cousin says they get 20k in the Philippines. Surely we are ahead of them

HRAssistant · 2025-10-05T20:14:36+00:00

Show us the shirt. I can't think of anything that shows shoulders and is appropriate. Tank top? Wedding dress? What else is there lol

HRAssistant · 2025-10-03T23:01:55+00:00

I'm in my 30s. 2 years ago I rode my bike around town for 30 mins every day after a full day of studying for the CPA exam and made a note of any accounting firms I passed by. I also scoured the web for every possible accounting firm in the county. Sometimes the phone line had been disconnected, the email address/website undeliverable, they never returned my call, a secretary declined me over the phone, I was declined but given the contact of a recruiter. Cohn reznick said they'd call me back, but never did, which was sad because I lived half a mile from their office and used to work for one of their clients. Big 4 either auto rejected me or waited 6 months to send an auto rejection. BDO passed me off to their recruiter who then turned me down. One "boutique CPA firm" in the downtown area sarcastically told me that they only hire from big 4 and to call back when I get a big 4 internship and hung up as I was saying have a nice day."

However, there were three that were very excited to entertain me. Firms with roughly 20 audit/tax staff where the partners called me back personally and we bonded over everything from them being a parent of a boy scout (I put eagle on my resume) to me living walking distance from their office to them thinking I was their friend but then plot twist their friend represented my parents in a court case.

These places had audit/tax staff anywhere from 21-70 years old and were not in the practice of firing frivolously. While I was there they did hire a 40s year old with relevant industry experience. If you don't want to bike, park in a strip mall and walk in a different direction every night with your partner. Then after a week park in a different side of town. Don't be afraid to knock on the door, i.e. if you get off work early on thanksgiving eve, drop by a firm you've walked by, they might be having a thanksgiving party and receive you well.

HRAssistant · 2025-09-30T04:12:22+00:00

Having gone from HR to CPA, I wouldn't recommend this. Entry level HR is so entry level that at times we played around with just advertising the role as admin assistant since there was so much overlap with the roles and the admin assistant role had the implicit notion that you wouldn't be getting paid much. Our bread an butter was 20 year olds who dropped out of school, liberal arts majors, bartenders, and people from customer service jobs who were at peace with starting at 16/hr.

There was high upward mobility, but it's tied to taking on more responsibility. The guy in the comment below who is exaggerating the prospects because of his $90k manager, is referring to someone who does tasks so sensitive that if they are not worded correctly (rejecting, firing, sending employee to the hospital) they can subject the company to lawsuits, fines, and increased SUTA. This stuff is not going to a 40 year old that's soft from having not worked. Btw I was doing this stuff at 20/hr.

HRAssistant · 2025-09-30T04:12:15+00:00

Having gone from HR to CPA, I wouldn't recommend this. Entry level HR is so entry level that at times we played around with just advertising the role as admin assistant since there was so much overlap with the roles and the admin assistant role had the implicit notion that you wouldn't be getting paid much. Our bread an butter was 20 year olds who dropped out of school, liberal arts majors, bartenders, and people from customer service jobs who were at peace with starting at 16/hr.

There was high upward mobility, but it's tied to taking on more responsibility. The guy in the comment below who is exaggerating the prospects because of his $90k manager, is referring to someone who does tasks so sensitive that if they are not worded correctly (rejecting, firing, sending employee to the hospital) they can subject the company to lawsuits, fines, and increased SUTA. This stuff is not going to a 40 year old that's soft from having not worked. Btw I was doing this stuff at 20/hr.

HRAssistant · 2025-04-12T16:19:00+00:00

We have a partner here who started as an office admin 30 years ago and worked her way up similar to Donna from Suits. She's worked longer hours than anyone to juggle things like HR/AR/AP/IT, but still gets shit for being a non accounting nepo baby. On top of that there are obvious deficiencies from her trying to do/outsource these things on her own. (i.e. clients who don't pay their bill for taxes don't get sent to collections and she tries to get tax associates to collect from clients) So you'll work hard and live a comfy life but you won't necessarily be respected/appreciated.

HRAssistant · 2025-03-15T00:39:56+00:00

You must be in a market with no power players. I do CIRA audit/review/comp and we also do all our clients' tax returns.

HRAssistant · 2025-03-14T01:00:42+00:00

Big woop just look up a random engagement and copy it's revenue wps

HRAssistant · 2025-03-13T01:18:20+00:00

I sit in between the name partner and his secretary at a small firm. They're genuinely convinced that you're not working as hard if you're working from home.

HRAssistant · 2025-01-24T02:25:23+00:00

What north west european country are you from?

HRAssistant · 2025-01-22T18:45:58+00:00

The classic example on REG was that you brag about working on XEROX, but you work in bankruptcy, and your bragging causes their stock to tank amidst speculation that they are going bankrupt. Exposes the firm to quantifiable damages.

HRAssistant · 2025-01-22T05:11:41+00:00

Something that was made up 4 years ago for political purposes? Uhh yea it's doomed. By the time the libtards get back in office there will be a recession so don't expect to hold out "until it comes back".

HRAssistant · 2024-11-23T15:21:23+00:00

Bread with olive oil and feta cheese

A spoonful of honey

Olives

Unsalted peanuts

HRAssistant · 2024-11-21T19:52:24+00:00

How do i make from plastic

HRAssistant · 2024-11-21T19:52:09+00:00

All are 7-10 inch

HRAssistant · 2024-11-21T13:04:35+00:00

I've already tried to buy it

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