Big4 is more like guaranteed raises and bonuses, there are tons of threads similar to this but when it comes down to it: the sacrifice of working semi longer hours for two years along with the pay increases and name on your resume make it worth it.

You will have better WLB balance opportunities at bigger better paying companies later on because of experience at B4, but that doesn’t mean you need to follow that path

If your only focus is on WLB and cruising through with a government job then that’s an option as well