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According to Martinez, Deloitte, PWC (PricewaterhouseCoopers), Ernst & Young, and

Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler are the Big 4, Top Accounting Firms but the place of Deloitte

and PWC changed or has been switched according to a survey as of year 2017 (vault.com “The

50 Best Accounting Firms to Work For”). For all recent board passers, Granville Industrial

Chemical Corp. (GICC), Happy Lemon Group Philippines Inc., Staff Alliance Inc., PHINMA

Property Holdings Corp., and Healthy Options, Corp. are the companies that suites all newly

board passers (“New CPA’s, Here Are 5 Companies Who Want To Hire You Now”).

According to Tracy, people who are successful and received a highest-paid mostly took

them 10 to 20 years to be in their place where they’re now. When they get promoted, there are

some opportunities like being in a higher level authority and responsibilities with a higher salary

but before that, you need to wait at least 2 years unless you had a discussion that timeline being

shortened before you were even hired (“Up or out? When to leave if you're not getting

promoted”). This is different to a blog from squiresgroup.com, you need to wait 5years and up

patiently for a promotion such as being a senior acocuntant. This means that you’ll have to look

forward for every entry-level position in your company for long term (“How to Become a Senior

Accountant”).

There are some benefits of being an accountant such as health care, pensions and an

opportunity to be a partner when you start to buid your own firm (big4accounting.firms.org “The

Performance Benefits of Being an Accountant [Top 10]”) as well as having an opportunity to

build your own business and manage it from time to time (Hanson). Nevertheless, the job growth

is expected at 11% from 2014 to 2024 and the salary is favorable according to your workstyle (“4

Surprising Benefits of Being an Accountant”) .