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Generally, the culture's decent, which you can expect from all the Big 4. You'll make good mates, get trained, lot's of social etc. However, there's many reasons employee turnover is so high and you're not going to find many people who stick around just for the culture.

Employee turnover itself can cause issues for culture as it creates a shortage of Senior/AM/Manager level staff. This gap normally gets filled by people from international offices, which is fine, but unfortunately, they're not the same calibre as the people they're filling in for. As you can imagine, as a junior it can make your life difficult if the new senior from Zimbabwe on your team is as much use as a glass hammer. It'll also piss off the guys at the top as things get unorganised and tensions can build quickly.

Overall, if you find yourself at any of the Big 4 you probably want be sticking around long enough for the culture to be too much of an issue.

 

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