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When you quit, tell your supervisors and coworkers it was a pleasure to work with them and that you appreciate the opportunity. Even if it’s not true. They’ll be your references when you quit your next job.
Recently left PA as well. My advice is to be honest with the company about anything they could potentially change to improve the PA experience. Don’t burn your bridges. Also print out all your CPE earned and the certificates.
I have a similar experience as Compliance Specialist - I have actually more available vacation (with TRUE vacation - unplugged from work laptop and email), better benefits, higher pay, and a set schedule of future advancement as long as I meet my performance plan. The slower pace has really made a difference in my well being and has been worth it. Bottom line is that if you find a culture and a role that you enjoy you will be better off.
Good luck!
I recently left and went to industry. Just started last week actually. It’ll be a slower pace and less hours for sure, which are things that I really wanted. Like someone said in another thread in this bowl, all of the things that partners, etc. claimed would be issues have not been. I have equal vacation, more* holidays, variety of work, travel opportunities, and advancement opportunities. Granted the advancement is not on a prescribed schedule like it is in PA, but I really don’t care as long as I’m developing new skills, learning, and those check are still hitting
When you’re applying for jobs, be positive but honest so that you find a good fit @ a place you wouldn’t hate to work for the next five years. I told potential employers that I LOVED the responsibility and growth in public, but that I was no longer willing to work more than 40 hours a week on a routine basis.
Ask for an office at your new job. Cubicles are the pits.
Also make sure you interview the interviewer also to try to really get a feel for the company - It should be a mutual fit. I had one interview which was not focused on me at all and what types of things I was looking for, only what I could give to the company. This was a huge shift in mindset for me coming from PA where they heavily recruit and sell you on the company and it ultimately didn’t feel right to me.. they just didn’t seem friendly or people first type of people so I learned that was important to me going forward
Be prepared for a huge culture change. You're not the money maker any more, you're support. It changes the way your treated at most companies.
Take some time to get the pulse of the new company. PTO may not be so easy to take on the fly as it was before. A lot more planning ahead.
Speaking from personal experience.
Yes agree with Assurance Senior. Make sure you really ask your interviewer about any key points for you (ie: growth, complexities, whatever elements that you enjoy about public accounting) to see if they could meet those