Can anyone convince me that making partner is a terrible idea?

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Do you ever want to have a life outside of work?

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As someone who has worked both in and out of big 4 public accounting, you've been misled. Private industry is where you can find the best work-life balance and quality of life from flexibility and low stress.

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Partners make a lot of money but you have to tie your whole identity to being an auditor/accountant because you won't have work-life balance. Is that something you want?

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🤞🤞 I'm hoping for that if I stick around long enough to make partner

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Is there such a thing as a new audit partner these days?

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Yup, at my firm they admit at least one or two in our practice line.

Do you want to be convinced of that? Do you hate money?!

That's fair @rsm

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IMO, it’s worth it, but it is a lot more stressful and your work/life balance does get materially worse

I love your use of "materially"

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