Q: Big4 - Yearly salary increment

Yesterday a senior asked wah so early go home already ah?

Then I shoot back "are you a dog?"

Why stop infront of door?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I think that's precisely what they want. I had an associate that offloaded their work to me by taking one hour per sample so they "couldn't finish everything within the booking period" but ate up all my budget so I can't get additional staff. I would be happy to do their sections for them if they give me their damn paycheck as well but of course they want to have their cake and eat it as well. What are they feeding the new batches in school these days, seriously.

Me too
I encountered associates who are up all my allocated time cost budget

Originally Posted by Unregistered

It really depends on the tone set at the top. If you have a manager who shows concerns about the team’s workload or a senior who cares about your study leave when you were an associate, you would most likely do the same for your associates. But most don’t, and this kind of practice is already ingrained in the big 4 culture, especially when you have too much on your plate to care. If last year, associates could clear the allocated sections and take the exam later, they expect the same or more for the current year. Whether or not to share the burden is conditional on the relationship.

I agree completely. The attitude of the leaders really affects how things work. Sadly, in many cases, it's a bad environment where only the strongest survive. It's really sad that coworkers see each other as rivals instead of helping each other out. This makes it tough for juniors to succeed and get titles like CA or undertaking SCAQ. It's hard to deal with when there's not much encouragement to help each other out.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Yesterday a senior asked wah so early go home already ah?

Then I shoot back "are you a dog?"

Why stop infront of door?

Ur snr nvr ask u work on weekends and public holidays shld be okie Liao.

Got some snrs still need daily update of progress one.

I agree completely.

The attitude of the leaders really affects how things work. Sadly, in many cases, it's a bad environment where only the strongest survive. It's really sad that coworkers see each other as rivals instead of helping each other out. This makes it tough for juniors to succeed and get titles like CA or undertaking SCAQ. It's hard to deal with when there's not much encouragement to help each other out.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Ur snr nvr ask u work on weekends and public holidays shld be okie Liao.

Got some snrs still need daily update of progress one.

This senior is like a watchdog.

Keep observing people

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I agree completely.

The attitude of the leaders really affects how things work. Sadly, in many cases, it's a bad environment where only the strongest survive. It's really sad that coworkers see each other as rivals instead of helping each other out. This makes it tough for juniors to succeed and get titles like CA or undertaking SCAQ. It's hard to deal with when there's not much encouragement to help each other out.

lol If you realise that most of those who stayed for a long time are either really good at managing stress or really toxic.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I agree completely.

The attitude of the leaders really affects how things work. Sadly, in many cases, it's a bad environment where only the strongest survive. It's really sad that coworkers see each other as rivals instead of helping each other out. This makes it tough for juniors to succeed and get titles like CA or undertaking SCAQ. It's hard to deal with when there's not much encouragement to help each other out.

Well, this is mutual. You will be more willing to help your team leader, em or snr, when they show empathy towards you. Likewise, your senior will be more willing to tank for you if you help to lessen their burden or at least complete your sections. So far, from the previous posts, it seems like the associate is not willing to complete her assigned sections on normal working days and requires her senior to complete them for her.

I remember doing the SCAQ revision on weekends and I can still pass the papers. How much revision does one normally need? My friend passed the professional paper after revising for 5 days.

If I'm not wrong, there are more exemptions for the new batch.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Me too
I encountered associates who are up all my allocated time cost budget

Ok but you gotta admit that we all did this when we were associates in 2023 too lol

Anyone here suspect your associate do phantom vouching?