Self-Destruction in NYC » Big 4 http://www.gorillacanyon.com Money, Women & Beer Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:01:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Working in the Big 4 is Indentured Servitude http://www.gorillacanyon.com/working-in-the-big-4-is-indentured-servitude/ http://www.gorillacanyon.com/working-in-the-big-4-is-indentured-servitude/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:10:05 +0000 WildLife http://www.gorillacanyon.com/?p=257 ernst_youngIs every word in this article true?  Yes.  In fact, it only describes working in a Big 4 from the outside.  The inside view is much worse.  The brainwashing is incredible.  This chick from the facebook group put it well:

After 3 years of abuse and thinking it would get better once “I paid my dues,” I finally left EY a year ago but the scars still exist. They brain wash and mold you into a certain way of thinking and acting, then you end up becoming a mere shell of your former self. I found myself living for EY at one point… leaving the office at midnight and sleeping a few hours only to get back up and do it all over again. You’d think they would offer more vacation, a nice bonus, overtime pay, or something balance out the horrid experience, but that would be to humane.

Shell of your former self is a great way to put it.  I didn’t think it would get to me like this, but sitting in that environment for at least 8 hours a day is the worst thing I’ve ever had to do.  Read the Big 4 article and join the facebook group.

I’m going on vacation tomorrow, thank fucking god.  But all I’m thinking about is how much worse it’s going to feel when I have to go back.  Fuck my life.

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