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Firehouse
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Posted: 08 Feb 2010 at 21:38 \| IP Logged

In your regional area/university?

Which has the worst?

For my university, Deloitte has the better reputation and KPMG has the worst.

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Posted: 11 Feb 2010 at 11:42 \| IP Logged

Deloitte has a reputation here of hiring by the truckload, and kicking out a good majority of their new hires right after busy season. The director and senior manager that I interviewed with during an office visit literally just read questions off a list, and didn't seem interested at all. Yeah, I know that they are two people in an entire Big 4 firm, but still. I don't have much love for the green dot at all.

KPMG was a mystery to most of us in undergrad; they didn't recruit nearly as heavily as the other three firms at my school (Rutgers), but my friends that are working there right now seem to be relatively happy with the firm.

I've met a lot of awesome people from PwC and E&Y though; given the opportunity I'd love to work at either of them...

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Posted: 21 Feb 2010 at 13:02 \| IP Logged

Went to a university near the central coast of California.
EY and PwC were always neck and neck at the top. Deloitte
was in the middle, with KPMG fourth. I've never been able
to determine what the stigma against KPMG has been.

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Posted: 28 Feb 2010 at 12:16 \| IP Logged

PWC in my region are extremely chipper and almost cult like. KPMG are by far the biggest slackers, showing up to Beta Alpha Psi completely unprepared. Their senior manager who did interviews was a dick. The only people that like them are the ones who got offers. Ernst & Young openly said during Beta Alpha Psi that they discriminate against chubby people and that your appearance is a big part of success in public accounting. Deloitte and PWC are by far the most professional, with Deloitte having the more relaxed and "normal" people.

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TaxProfMom
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Posted: 21 Mar 2010 at 21:40 \| IP Logged

It's a regional thing. In the East, Deloitte is considered mid-range, E&Y
pretty good, PwC tops for NY Metro, and KPMG is middle-market. PwC
tossed themselves a blow when they merged with C&L which was primarily
middle-market. So wherever PW didn't have a big presence (Northwest,
Florida, Midwest), C&L took hold and the rep is not as strong. In the big
metro regions (NY, Boston, Chicago, LA, Silicon Valley), the rep was better.
PW was the "blue blood" firm of the two. Deloitte lost a lot of their culture
when they sold internationally to become DTT. KPMG was always splintered
internationally and that's hurt them with the Fortune 500.

Look at the auditors of choice for Fortune 500, that'll tell you volumes about
reputation. I believe PwC has the most Fortune 500 clients.

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