Pros
There are a few certain smart people there that also actually have souls, if you're lucky enough to get to work with them, but for the most part just more of the same from auditing days with little thought and more just going through motions. If you're lucky enough to work with a good MD/Partner and not thrown on to do busy intern work, you can learn about some complex technical accounting issues..unlikely though.
Cons
-Terrible benefits.-slight salary bump from big 4, but after what's taken out of your check for insurances,etc, its barely a raise. No 401k matching until after a year, % and vesting schedule are below industry norm. Vacation/holiday PTO also on low side.. handful of other jobs you can go to with 25% more PTO and fully paid health benefits. -"Bonus"- The bonus is based on "overtime" hours, so if you left big 4 hoping to have work life balance with a 40ish hour work week, forget any bonus. Also, in your first year it's nearly impossible to get overtime unless you want to work 80 hour weeks- Any non-client time you spend at the start for training/availability before getting assigned eats away at this.This was poorly communicated during hiring.Also this overtime bonus structure discourages employees who may work efficiently/encourages putting in big 4 hours/useless extra work. -People- This will make or break your experience and it's a total gamble. Get assigned on a job with a bad MD/Senior Manager and/or project and you're pretty much stuck, scheduling is the opposite of flexible. Literally a gamble- As a manager I'd say 75% of my time there I was doing grunt busy work that a consultant (really an intern) should've been doing. The other 25% I was thrown onto work that should be done by an experienced Senior Manager/Director and given little guidance/blown off by the MD on the job when I had questions, so essentially a lot of spinning wheels and frustration...two polar opposite work situations. No change of specializing in an industry you do well on/take a liking to, like I said total gamble and you'll be lucky to get assigned on work that's at your level. On top of that there is no upward feedback process in place/zero opportunities for Managers/consultants to give feedback on certain MDs/partners that are literally known firm-wide as nightmares to work with.
