Q: Big4 - Yearly salary increment

Originally Posted by Unregistered

aren't engagement based on fixed fee. It's not time and material yo..

Read the engagement letter.?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

not true, for eg, yellow and blue submitted low tenders to get lot of engagement which resulted in shortage of manpower

I post the previous quote. I strongly agree with u. It goes this 2 ways. So that sugesstion will nv come true.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

aren't engagement based on fixed fee. It's not time and material yo..

U really think is so simple. Fixed fees = less manpower. Fixed fee comes for budgeted time and material...

Originally Posted by Unregistered

U really think is so simple. Fixed fees = less manpower. Fixed fee comes for budgeted time and material...

Add on.. yes u are material.. rmb that. Not human beings.

Have partner promotions been announced ? My SM told me shes promoted but so far nth official from HR based on what i hear on the ground .. confused

Originally Posted by Unregistered

If those unneccessary hours can be shortened/removed so that we can get more rest to channel our energy into the normal working hours (9 am to 6 am), we can be more productive and still finish the work on time...

Doesn't matter. If you work at 150% efficiency rate between 9am - 6pm, you will need to pick up the slack of others (for big jobs), or get double decked (especially if you are on small jobs). Audit has a culture that you are expected to help, and you can't expect everyone else to work as fast as you. It is a perfect culture for the underperformers. Either case, you end up working until very late hours.

The only time when I got to end work at more 'decent' hours was when I am senior for a small job, and had to work with 1 junior and 1 blur senior manager. It was a job that I solo as an associate so I know exactly the maximum hours I need even if the GA is not good. Just need to push for budgeted hours same or higher than last year, to avoid self-pwn and burning the team. Having a blur manager helps, since he won't try to value add too much (a couple of stupid questions at best) and can't argue with my budgeted hours.

Could have ended work even earlier if I just solo it again instead of allocating some time for coaching and let my GA familiar with the engagement and general audit workflow.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Sry no. I assumed u still new. These unproductive timing u wan to removed is a bad suggestion. They are billable hours for client to feel/see the fee they paying is worth it (even u dontt timesheeting them in). It has been like this for decades. Some ppl see working for more than 16hrs is achievement as well. So no, not a good suggestion. The director and actors need to be there for the viewers.

hence the original commenter's opinion that there's something structurally broken about audit.

automation will surely replace most audit roles at the junior level faster than in other professional industries.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Have partner promotions been announced ? My SM told me shes promoted but so far nth official from HR based on what i hear on the ground .. confused

Why would you care? Not like she is sharing her salaries with you. If she dares to say it then most likely it is true right. Who in the right mind will say she will be promoted to partner when she did not confirm. Damn malu if it is not.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Doesn't matter. If you work at 150% efficiency rate between 9am - 6pm, you will need to pick up the slack of others (for big jobs), or get double decked (especially if you are on small jobs). Audit has a culture that you are expected to help, and you can't expect everyone else to work as fast as you. It is a perfect culture for the underperformers. Either case, you end up working until very late hours.

The only time when I got to end work at more 'decent' hours was when I am senior for a small job, and had to work with 1 junior and 1 blur senior manager. It was a job that I solo as an associate so I know exactly the maximum hours I need even if the GA is not good. Just need to push for budgeted hours same or higher than last year, to avoid self-pwn and burning the team. Having a blur manager helps, since he won't try to value add too much (a couple of stupid questions at best) and can't argue with my budgeted hours.

Could have ended work even earlier if I just solo it again instead of allocating some time for coaching and let my GA familiar with the engagement and general audit workflow.

Thank you for adding. I love the HIGHLIGHTS ON SELF PAWN.

If that is true, then you should just be a slacker and let others pick up your slack.

So I don’t think it’s true.