Ernst & Young (4 Viewers)

[seremify007]

You finish uni this year and commence employment next year right? Have fun... I wonder if BoS will ever have boards for CA... my sister said it's bloody hard.

 

[Meads]

Well im only a grad so I'm not really embarrased to admit I won't be earning much.

I'm in TMP (Technology Minerals, Property) within Audit

not much? 41k is a pretty good start.

 

[seremify007]

ROFL it's alot more than what we cadets get >_> but hey, we're young so it's all good.

What do you guys think of the new industrial relations laws?

 

[Meads]

I got a letter today from EY telling me I have been put into Mining, Electricty & Utilities. It is not what I wanted, but I will go with the flow...what did other EY cadets score?

 

[seremify007]

That's interesting that you guys got placed.. we were asked which one we wanted to do, and if not, then they'd pick for us...

 

[Meads]

Well we could also make a preference, but obviously preferences are not always going to work out. For example if everybody wants the one area, which I'm sure was the case.

 

[seremify007]

I see... for us we got interviewed based on where we put our preferences- so people who wanted entertainment/IT were all done on the same day by the same partner... and if you put no pref down, then I think they just randomly assigned you a group based on availability.

 

[seremify007]

(for some reason Edit post isn't working)

Anyway, it's interesting to see the differences between the firms (IMO) =] But I'm still curious what was inside the "gluk" package (as in.. what was physically there~)... KPMG gave out business card holders~

 

[Meads]

Well I am yet to receive my gluk package, so I am not sure what it contains.

 

[know_it_all]

it jst had a personalised coffee thermos, pens, highlighter, rubber
tim tams, jellybeans, tea & coffee
and a massager thingy

 

[Meads]

dam i need a new eraser!

 

[seremify007]

it jst had a personalised coffee thermos, pens, highlighter, rubber
tim tams, jellybeans, tea & coffee
and a massager thingy

still cool though =] makes u feel spesh!

we only got what they gave us when we first got the offer- couple of movie tix, some food (can't remember what though- i sorta umm.. ate it), towel & drink bottle.

 

[ishq]

So it's a massager. There I was thinking it was a funnily shaped paperweight.
And Jeff - they interviewed us on the basis of our choices as well - especially in audit and entreprenaurial (sp?) growth - the interview days were divided for financial assurance, business assurance, tax etc.

The division that Meads is talking about is the specialist division within those sub-groups. I think its only tax that has them. Assurance was divided at interview time.

 

[tactic]

geez you EY people are sure getting into it! they will work you to the bone but thats like any other place!

 

[seremify007]

So it's a massager. There I was thinking it was a funnily shaped paperweight.
And Jeff - they interviewed us on the basis of our choices as well - especially in audit and entreprenaurial (sp?) growth - the interview days were divided for financial assurance, business assurance, tax etc.

The division that Meads is talking about is the specialist division within those sub-groups. I think its only tax that has them. Assurance was divided at interview time.

ROFL... btw makes sense. I guess at this stage of the game ppl can (and likely will) move around within the service line.

Isn't the equivilent though like in Assurance/Audit where you can do consumer products, technology or financial services?

 

[Malazn Pleasure]

geez you EY people are sure getting into it! they will work you to the bone but thats like any other place!

all the big 4 firms work u to the bone

thats y u go for the 2nd tier firms

 

[seremify007]

ROFL... IIRC don't BDO pride themselves on offering the same quality of service as the Big4, but with the more personal understanding/relationships with clients of a small firm? So in essence that would mean you have to work as hard as big4, and then work a lil' bit harder to be extra nice to 'em =]

 

[Malazn Pleasure]

we offer better quality services than big4 but focus on medium sized firms

we are advisers to growing businesses

 

[Meads]

And once those businesses are fully grown, one of the Big4 will take over the advising

 

[seremify007]

And once those businesses are fully grown, one of the Big4 will take over the advising

and the auditing too!... jkjk.

I actually quite liked BDO- they had really interesting challenges for their group interview.