Try to switch  
 Prioritise your health  
 Take a break if you have too  
 Nothing is worth this much stress  
 Take care

@FindingHorses Trying to switch to EY now. Have gotten a referral.

Product Manager

Try Product based company or atleast not Big 4, I have heard EY is also too much ( in terms of work pressure) but definitely it depends on Projects

Security Analyst

Software Developer

Kya karte ho sir Deloitte mein? One of my friend in consulting is happy with wlb there

Consultant

Which practice? My flatmate works in tech consulting and has a decent wlb

Growth Manager

This feeling is pretty normal. The work pressure that comes in big 4 is relatively high. Tight Target deadlines and high quality work is something which can be daunting. Love to connect with you and discuss further. 
  
 BTW what is ur base location?

Business Analyst

Are you like from a v poor background or your daily food depends on this job? Even then it is highly questionable to do a job that's making you vomit at night. What's the point of earning crores and then die at 40 with the first heart attack?  
  
 Move on from this. It doesn't matter what your social circle thinks. Market is not good at the moment but cybersecurity is a recession independent area.

Software Engineer

Switch to a bank if you work in cybersecurity. Going to another big4 will probably be the same. Wlb is bad for all consulting companies

Founder

Do some additional cyber security courses and take the leap. There are too many companies with this job profile. You will be better off.

Hey, what are the interview for SAP cloud platform integration like in Deloitte?

I am in here since 5 years . I partially agree with you but please try out my suggestion.You might work to get master in your technology or create a balanced network which helps you handle this. Generally expertise  in technology and people skills can help you come out of this . What is the guarantee that the company you go will not have this situation?

I felt the same too at one of the big4. 
 Please prioritise your health. I quit big 4 and now I'm on a break. 
 It's a highly competitive environment. I remember once I put a section in column D instead of B, once I marked PY stamp in a different colour than what was told to me, and such petty things - and if I would do these things incorrectly, they would lash out on me. My friend's father was hospitalized and she was sitting outside and was working. 
 No matter what happens in life, if it's the busy season going on,, they would not let us take leaves. 
 and once the busy season is over, they would put us in the busy season of a different team 
 so out of 12 months, for around 8-9 months we're working in the busy season of one or the other team and basically we used to work all day all night. 
  
 I couldn't enjoy my real brother's wedding peacefully as I knew once I'm back, my email would be flooded. 
 And that's what happened, when I came back, my email was flooded with things like why haven't you done this, you cannot take leaves etc etc. 
 If I would raise any concern in the team, they would start threatening me or they would just say it's all professional nothing personal. 
 I feel corporates is not for me i guess

External Audit

I just cant handle the pressure and the stress in this role. I am working so hard that I have ZERO work life balance.  The entire day just goes in meetings and meetings.  I think that I don't know ...

I just cant handle the pressure and the stress in this role. I am working so hard that I have ZERO work life balance.  The entire day just goes in meetings and meetings.  I think that I don't know anything and am extremely worried about my future. 

The work pressure is a lot here, deadlines are too tight and I have been vomiting from stress at night.
The worst part is, Deloitte never pays for over time.

Anyone else feeling this in other Big4s? I want to switch ASAP or I will die here.

I feel like I have failed in life by joining Deloitte. Anyone else feel this way in Big4?

I feel like I have failed in life by joining Deloitte. Anyone else feel this way in Big4?- Grapevine

Been here for quite some time now and I have been by far the top performer in my team. Still I am making less money year over year because of crap hikes and inflation. The pathetic hike I get barely makes a dent in the mental trauma that this company is inflicting on me. 

Moreover, travelling for hours in the Metro is killing me on the inside. Like being squished between people and getting no seat while I am trying to just switch from Yellow to Magenta line will be the end of me. My life will be spent in this metro and that is so depressing ffs.

My advice to others in Big 4 companies, don't stay at Deloitte for more than 2 years unless you can coast at senior management w/ good pay.

Is this the way they treat you at your companies too?

#1 Mistake of my life was joining Deloitte..

Posted this in Deloitte private group, sharing for everyone to see the reality of Deloitte:

Last year, I worked the hardest I had every worked. I had the most toxic environement with my client and my team. I still stayed extremely quiet and silent, continued to work through some of the darkest days in my life. I thought of offing myself atleast 2 times in the last year.

I was given a 16% hike which was the highest in my entire team. I was not happy. The reason was that my mom was extremely sick last year. I sent my sisters money to take care of her but she had severe upper respiratory distress that had made it's way to her lungs.

I could only meet her last Diwali. I was completely torn when she left us forever last February. I had to man up and act in accordance with what society expects from me. I did not cry at all, I finished her rites and came back to Gurgaon.

My girlfriend has been a solid support to me. She has been my rock through all of this pain. But my only regret is that I didn't see my mom more often. I have gotten my hike for the hard work.

Was my mom really worth 16% hike?

FUCK YOU DELOITTE. I AM LEAVING SOON.

Got my hike but lost my mom forever...

Project Manager

Why do so many people work in the Big 4 given that you have to work so many hours and your work life balance doesn’t exist.

Is having a Big 4 on your CV really worth all of that hassle and not having a life in your 20s? 

What about you guys? What are your personal reasons for staying with the big 4?

Why do you work in the Big 4? [Deloitte, EY, PwC, KPMG]

I am even working today. Like what the fuck?

How is anyone okay with it? My seniors are chilling at home while me and my colleagues are busting our ass working 10+ hours everyday for peanuts. We have been straight up told that it will impact our record and appraisal if we don't put in the hours. I mean it is my first job and I don't want to mess it up.

Is this the same everywhere else in Big4?

Does it ever get easy in Big Four? Because I feel that my entire life is becoming just work...

Why big four don't care about health issues and family life

Technical Consultant

I quit Deloitte after 4 years of excruciating pain. Here's why?

The concept of bench will literally kill your confidence the most. If you know how to beg then you will succeed here because if you don't beg for projects then they will definitely lay you off. 

I was always a bright student in college and chose Deloitte because of the brand name but if I had known that once I was hired, I would still have to find jobs every day, I would have never joined this hell. This is utterly ridiculous.

I have now joined an early stage startup which has been the best decision of my life. Deloitte is literally the worst company ever. There were a couple of seniors who used to say the most hurtful shit to me whenever I used to go to the washroom.

These Indian seniors always harass freshers while the American teams are usually much nicer and respectful. Don't throw your youth away in the name of earning a few bucks.

How Deloitte USI almost ruined my life ☣️

I was done with a very shit project team. The client is notorious, ask anyone in EY GDS about a telecom provider project near Manesar that everyone dreads. They make you work night shifts and literally have nothing to do there. I know people who game there all night. It is just the worst and my health was being affected. I am being paid < 10L by the way. So it was getting very toxic. 

I decided to ask my manager but he said that it is not possible right now. I asked my friends in other projects and I came to know that the only way to leave the project is to leave EY. I also came to know about someone who left EY to leave the project and rejoined EY to join another project.

I am now done with EY. Who said that Big 4 is good? Only Boomers who think Big 4 has prestige ig because they pay peanuts.

What is the worst experience you've had at Big 4?

Analyst

Got an offer from a 3rd party company. The client will be Deloitte USI. I need to work from a client office location.
3rd party company is saying you can be absorbed in Deloitte based on your performance.
Also you will get similar perks from Deloitte which is given to on role employees.

Can anyone suggest if Deloitte offer such facilities for off role employees?

Off Role Deloitte

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I am into 2nd job and have been 6 months in this job. 1sr job was a very small duration of 6 months. 
Now I feel frustrated about working for such corporates who doesn't even care about personal health. Long hours on few occassions should be fine but for very long it is not fine. 

Please guide on the same if I will be judged basis this if I plan to switch again. ?

I feel like I have failed in life by joining Deloitte. Anyone else feel this way in Big4?

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