Q: Big4 - Yearly salary increment

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Please go read up the civil service salary thread.

Civil servants must be kidding themselves if they think every role in there is high flying and integral to nation building or whatever they get high on.

It's funny how they chose to pick on the offhanded 6pm pangkang remark when really the main point was that a good number of civil service jobs are meaningless roles which can be fulfilled by anyone able to fill up the job application form...which sounds rather similar to big 4 auditors lewl.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Wow you are laughing at civil servants who are knocking off at 6pm? You must be brainwashed hard to believe you are a talent just because you are slaving away.

Lets not talk about the scholars. Even the general civil servants are better speakers and carry themselves better than the clueless grads and foreigners in audit. Can you even clear their two rounds panel interview in the first place.

Their AWS alone is close to your full-year bonus. Let this sink it in.

I'm not even an auditor dipshit, I'm just here to laugh at auditors. Somehow even civil service apologists have managed to find their way into this thread

Civil service so easy to clear interview lah, you must be retarded and not very eloquent if you consider it to be some sort of a daunting task to pass.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Please go read up the civil service salary thread.

read le and my answer still the same

we got gd civil servants, tasked to handle the garmen and ppl cpf money to make us rich or contribute to science development

meanwhile we also have civil servants 9-6 shake leg pick up calls think they impt

let me tell u i have school mates who are type 1 gd civil servant and he never left work on time one

to achieve great things u need sacrifice, dont earn ok salary and hao lian lah, u no different from auditors de pls

Originally Posted by Unregistered

read le and my answer still the same

we got gd civil servants, tasked to handle the garmen and ppl cpf money to make us rich or contribute to science development

meanwhile we also have civil servants 9-6 shake leg pick up calls think they impt

let me tell u i have school mates who are type 1 gd civil servant and he never left work on time one

to achieve great things u need sacrifice, dont earn ok salary and hao lian lah, u no different from auditors de pls

Thank your friend for his great service, happy to knock off at 6pm everyday to upskill and invest in myself. Hehe

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Thank your friend for his great service, happy to knock off at 6pm everyday to upskill and invest in myself. Hehe

so says the auditor who OT.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

so says the auditor who OT.

Sorry dude, am here to chitchat with auditors too.

Hi, I’m currently looking at companies for uni intern but not sure which positions will be better for work life balance with good pay and which companies are better for which industries. If possible can I get a ranking and why?
Also from what I heard, audit is the worse with work life balance so I’m not choose that. Thanks

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi, I’m currently looking at companies for uni intern but not sure which positions will be better for work life balance with good pay and which companies are better for which industries. If possible can I get a ranking and why?
Also from what I heard, audit is the worse with work life balance so I’m not choose that. Thanks

Wah lan eh, ask this ask that, you want us to intro you to jobs too?

How about you consider if these companies you are looking at will actually consider giving you internship opportunities first?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

You are creating your own brand/reputation and working on your own career path.

This is good. There are many negatives about Big4. But I think what you can take from the job depends on you. Some people work like robots, roll prior year workpapers and don't understand what they are doing. Some people learn more because they don't work like robots.

There are several things that I picked up that might be helpful in work outside audit. I have to say it has been helpful to me and I didn't actually stay very long.

1. A good familiarity of financial numbers (3+1 statements and notes to account), and understanding of accounting treatment and standards.

2. Ability to understand new things/process/risk areas and process information. Walkthrough is not about rolling prior year workpaper and finding fault for fun. It is about understanding things that you don't understand. Audit trains your mind to think in a certain way and process information, and it is actually helpful for outside work.

3. Brushing up EQ. How to manage people of various positions and perspectives from you, and getting the things you want. I am not talking about our silly seniors-senior managers who don't even know what they are talking about sometime. I am talking about speaking with junior staff to SVP/managing directors or even CFO at the clients.

4. Ability to prioritize, streamline and multi task. I can visualize my own OSM list, manage multiple deadlines, and know what is good enough work if there is not enough time.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi, I’m currently looking at companies for uni intern but not sure which positions will be better for work life balance with good pay and which companies are better for which industries. If possible can I get a ranking and why?
Also from what I heard, audit is the worse with work life balance so I’m not choose that. Thanks

my advice is, to really go and find out yourself instead of listening to others stories' recommendations for u. Chances are u will regret it cos not everyone feels the same way for the same job

this is a site with lots of jokers, plus, if u cant even bother to fork out time to know more abt the industry u want to work in for 20-30 years, why would they?