Hi all, I’m at a Big 4 with 3 YOE, joined as a Grad. Have received an offer for a 20-25% increase for a similar role, but more specialised team in a firm like Accenture/Capgemini/Baringa

My concerns are:
- It’s a lateral move, so feels like it‘ll set me back some years to reach the next grade.
- Having to rebuild network, and more specialised work that I’m not sure I’ll love. I enjoy the current work I’m doing

Would you take the pay bump? Or should I wait a year or 2? Any help appreciated!

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have to think about the teams trajectory too. Personally, an Accenture or Big 4 on your CV is better than capegemini/baringa. much more well known. unless there’s a specific niche that baringa and capegemini play in that’s world renowned, i wouldn’t move there. hate it or love it, there is a high degree of meritocracy in big4, if you excel and you’re pushy, commercially it doesn’t make sense for partnership to keep charging you at a lower rate to the client. that’s my personal experience, deal advisory manager in 5 years from grad

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It actually makes a lot of sense to keep charging you at a lower rate because margin on a well utilised mid-junior resource kills a low utilised senior who also isn’t selling work. This is one of the reasons Big-4 has struggled lately because they can’t throw big pyramid shaped teams at projects.

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