Audit associate doing Employee Benefit Plans at KPMG? What are my exit ops?

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I spent the summer doing EBPs at KPMG. Very dead end. In fact the senior was kinda of griping about joining the group full time because of the lack of exit ops and weird scheduling the rest of the year post 10/15.

I’m not an expert, but my sentiment makes me feel like to avoid it

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Yeah from what I’ve seen at my offices EBP practice it seems kind of dead. They just pull unscheduled ppl from audit for their busy season. I’d avoid 🤷‍♂️ but again I’m not an expert so it’s totally possible!

Is it a dead end if I decide to pivot out of public accounting?

Those of you who have solely done Employee benefit plans, how was it? Pros/Cons?

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