Has anyone moved from big 4 to the siegfried group and actually enjoyed it? What do you miss the most in big 4 compared to siegfried?

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Siegfried gets a lot of crap on Fishbowl (some of it justified, honestly). But I’ve been with the firm for almost 2 years and still really like it. I like that my work is more of a value-add to my clients than it felt when I was in audit.

That being said, I felt like I had more flexibility in audit (outside of busy season). Since a lot of the work at Siegfried is project-based you might be busy at different times of the year. But on the same note, my current project let me take a week-long vacation last month, and that never would’ve happened if I had been in audit.

I’m not here forever, but I knew I didn’t want to jump to industry right away after leaving my B4 firm, so this has been a really good fit and I’ve gotten a lot of relevant industry experience because of it. Let me know if you want to know more!

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Also currently work for TSG and would say ditto to everything you said!

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Answer to your first question: no. Why would you subject yourself to that? Go to industry if you want money, it’s easy.

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Somebody’s a little defensive

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