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Hey, I have 4 YOE and currently a manager at PwC and have been managing teams for a little over a year now. My role mainly consists of leading teams of engineers deliver MVPs to our clients.
If I wanted to exit to Google or Facebook (Meta) what role would align for me? I was looking at engineering manager roles but unsure if that’s too senior for me.
Hello Fishes,
Need some advice for my cousin.
She has done MBA in Finance ,(2018 passout) after BCOM.
Worked in HDFC bank for 2 years (till 2020).
Due to personal reason left job at end of 2020.
Trained in SAP FICO, now trying for certification.
How could she get into IT company(fresher).Capgemini IBM Tata Consultancy
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I am. I left as a tax senior 3 in global compliance and reporting and went to industry as income tax manager. I had better work life balance, but there were a lot of politics. I left that company for another and I am in my dream job. I’m still in industry. I have the best work life balance and team. I make good money, but it would probably be better if I stayed in public towards a partner track. I have so much free time!! I’ve also realized that I don’t need to climb the corporate ladder to feel fulfilled in my life. At most, I work 1 late night at each quarter provision and 1 Saturday at each year end provision and tax return filing.
Interestingly enough I also work for a public apparel company and feel the same way. I know not the same company because we have a different hierarchy.
Family office. Yes it's less stressful. Still plenty stressful but the busy seasons are shorter and further between. I now live a totally different lifestyle. No emails on the weekends. 9-5 office hours (even though I prob work 50 hrs but everyone else outside finance is 9-5 so my inbox isn't a neverending feed.) I have time to workout in the morning, time to eat dinner at home, go to kids' sports, read and snuggle with the kids at night. Have a two day weekend. 2x pay from when I left PA as a SM.
absolutely happier than public. switched as an audit senior to internal audit at a smaller corporate company (only like 5k employees with around $15-17 billion revenues). went from 50-70 hour busy seasons (often extended out to may-june for my clients) to never more than 37-40 hours, better insurance, same pay with better bonus, no stress on budgets and time entry, no more working on an industry i didnt want, better management and team (they actually listen to staff and implement changes), no more traveling to client sites
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Yes it’s less stressful. Only left a few weeks ago as a M and went in as a M. The per hour worked money is insane. And I’ll see when I’ll get my YE bonus next spring just how much better the money is but the firm I joined has a high threshold.
No. Everywhere is understaffed. Senior I
No, industry job was even more short staffed and they were using ancient systems that still involved manually reviewing paper documents. Also, everyone there had been there for a long time and resisted the idea of any type of process improvements.
I left public tax at a large regional firm for a Fortune 500 bank, and can gladly say that I am happier. This may be specific to my situation, but they’re more flexible than the CPA firm that I came from. I left as a 2nd-year staff, partly because of management and partly because I simply didn’t enjoy the work anymore. I moved into a Treasury Analyst position that pays me better with better benefits across the board.
However, public accounting gave me this opportunity, even with the relatively light experience I had. I look at my time in public as my boot camp. Feel free to reach out!
Absolutely. I spent 9 years at big four and then went to a division controller position with 10 employees. I usually work 45 hours a week and have no crazy busy seasons. If you want to make it to a controller position or higher I would definitely stick it out in public to at least manager. You get good experience and exposure at those higher levels that will help when you’re in management in the industry side. I had a good pay bump when I left PA. Just prepare yourself for slow raises in industry unless you get promoted or jump around companies. Good luck!
Went to the IRS! To be seen whether my role is eliminated but everyone works really hard despite what the media is trying to say EVERY government worker is like. But everyone leaves exactly at 4:30 or earlier if they have a flexible schedule. I got a 70% raise compared to PA. I’ll make more money for the next 3 years compared to the average career path of a PA associate and then compared to mid market firms I’ll make the same or more than managers in my MCOL (I think) area(base comp, I realize bonus and if there’s an opportunity for equity for PA managers they’ll make more).