Q: Big4 - Yearly salary increment

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone can advise? applied to one of the big 4s and they are trying to cut my grade down to A2 even though i have 3.5 years experience in a sme. if i join i am going to get a decrease in pay around 5%. is it wise based on the "reputation"? peers my age would already be assistant manager or manager in there.

What reputation.....?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Anyone can advise? applied to one of the big 4s and they are trying to cut my grade down to A2 even though i have 3.5 years experience in a sme. if i join i am going to get a decrease in pay around 5%. is it wise based on the "reputation"? peers my age would already be assistant manager or manager in there.

it depends on ur career objective. If u want to continue in sme slowly climb up then it is not worth to take pay cut. If u want to move into mnc or big local co in the future, then u need to go through big 4. Otherwise the big co seldom consider sme candidates.

also impt to make the decision when young, those who stay in sme above 5 years not able to move to other places already.

for instance my classmate just joined as only a senior when he jumped from another mncc (due to different working experience). for him, his peers are managers but he needs about 2-3 years to get there, so really depends on what you want.

Hard truth is that you are already fallen behind by joining the SME. Better join the race now before the gap widens.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

haha 1.9k?

my friend senior 1/2 told me he hit 5. dunno BS or not

Does anyone knows the pay differences between a director/partner in Singapore compared to other countries like Malaysia or Hong Kong?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

my friend senior 1/2 told me he hit 5. dunno BS or not

Probably not. I know of a senior 2 earning near 6 but he's an sa2 transfer from another office.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Does anyone knows the pay differences between a director/partner in Singapore compared to other countries like Malaysia or Hong Kong?

HK director level is ~HK$2-2.5mil

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Probably not. I know of a senior 2 earning near 6 but he's an sa2 transfer from another office.

meaning from another country ah? which dept is your friend in? audit?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

meaning from another country ah? which dept is your friend in? audit?

Advisory though he worked his first two years in audit.