All the auditors are a joke and the entire culture around the Big 4 auditors and the way its seen as a path to groom finance leaders is gross and shockingly was

All the auditors are a joke and the entire culture around the Big 4 auditors and the way its seen as a path to groom finance leaders is gross and shockingly wasteful. I've never worked with an auditor or consultant at a Big 4 that didn't seem like they were either being massively overpaid, didn't know what they were talking about, taking shortcuts, or just going through the motions of whatever was done in a previous audit. I don't think they are worth their salt. They have no investment to what they are doing because worst case scenario they screw things up and they get shuffled to another another client. I would rather do the work by myself or with a contractor. I've also seen execs at tech companies hiring consultants/auditors from companies where their spouse works or even oversees the practice, it just seems like a lot of companies don't question spending on consultants, but I've seen multiple times where we were billed for work we did ourselves and they tried to take credit or were just running down the clock on a contract and expecting their hours to be extended at the end of the contract period.