How bad does it look on me if I accept an offer knowing I’m going to quit in 6 months for grad school?

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How bad does it look on a company when they hire you knowing they will restructure or be bought out in 6 months?

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Awesome point. You’ve gotta take care of yourself first!

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What else are you supposed to do, sit around for 6 months unemployed? I’m sure they will understand - if they don’t, good riddance

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We are all replaceable. You do you

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Terrible. But if you don’t plan to ever want to work for that company again, cool.

For real though, not cool.

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🙄

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KPMG runs on people. We are all numbers and replaceable. Life is too short to think of these things. Take advantage of what you can.

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Total agree, I'm over losing my nights and weekends. I want to have a life. Waiting for the right opportunity to leave KPMG..

D1, that literally happened to me. I was told PwC PS when I signed my paperwork and soon after Guidehouse.

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We all were 🙄

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I would tell them the truth, especially if you are considering coming back. If it is consulting they may be happy to have you for 6 months and as an alumni as well

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Everyone is assuming OP got laid off or something but I didn't see them say that anywhere. What is the motivation for leaving current role? Is new role just to have income?

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I actually am currently employed but am unhappy and don’t want to travel as much. Plus it’s more $$

You do you. Make good connections in that 6 months in case you want to go back.

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G(fPPS) - and I'm sure 0 people felt bad about it

It's going to look like you got fired, then went back to school to cover for it

Consultant doesn't have enough context to go to grad school and make it worthwhile. Better hope it's a top school to justify the "lead time" if it's UMUC it's definitely going to look like you got fired from either the 6 month job or the one immediately preceding.

What’s to say you didn’t find out after you accepted - (disclaimer: i sat around for 9 months before grad school at it was the best decision)

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