Been with Big Four advisory (GRC) for 10 years. Really tired of meaningless “consulting” and commoditized implementations. Recently been through a rough job search and finally landed an offer with a mid size bank in their risk practice. People say that the culture there is quite political and bitter but I’ll learn a heck lot and get a new opening on my resume. Salary is the same. The other option is to take a consulting job that pays me 50k more but do the same work! Thoughts? Thanks!

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The bank's bonus will be better than most consulting gigs. Look at the total comp. Enjoy the work life balance, and you can always switch back to consulting if it doesn't work out as well.

It’s a $2B bank.

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