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GT and BDO are a step above McGladrey prestige wise. GT and BDO at least have F500 audit clients. McGladrey, Moss Adams, etc don't. Also, GT and BDO have a much better international network then all the rest of the 2nd tier firms.

I see your point but feel it's honestly marginally better even so. In certain markets GT / BDO may have a really strong presence, but overall they're still far behind Big 4 and tend to get clumped together with everyone else. It's not so much there isn't an actual difference, it's more people tend to just think Big 4 and then everyone else. Hell even KPMG gets jocked on by PwC and DT...although KPMG did quite well this year.

By the way in no way am I saying you can't be successful if you're not at Big 4. Jus saying at the surface level, that's the perception of the public accounting industry.
Edited by db78 - 10/26/12 at 8:16pm

 

im a big 4 manager and this is the norm.

Definitely agree about pushing the extension out. You don't want to have to ask for a 2nd extension because you didn't give yourself enough time to hear back from the other firms.