Villamena: Big Four Accounting Firms Are Like Post-College Frat Parties
Vincenzo Villamena · Quit $100k+ Private Equity to Move to South America, Does $1m Tax Business Now with Vincenzo Villamena of Online Tax Man EP 216 · Apr 1, 2016 · at 3:34
Online Tax Man founder Vincenzo Villamena describes the workplace environment and culture at Big Four accounting firms like PwC.
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“The thing about PwC is it, I mean, and really the big four in general is like, you know, if you want to be an accountant, it's a great place to start off. I mean, you know, every, it's really young organization. It's kind of like a frat party. Everyone from college just kind of goes there after college. No one really knows what they're doing.”
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