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As a director, you’ve either got to be doing 80% utilization, or have a lot of managed revenue. Ideally both to be higher performer.
Not racing to bottom as Baker Tilly 1 suggests but the experience may depend on the region / partners you work with
Firm is investing in transaction advisory a ton, so it’s a good place to be within GT
80% for the calendar year. So ~1,700 chargeable hours a year.
Requirements for managers are 82%, but you're certainly spending more time than that rate implies you would. Also, you'll be worked much, much more than that if you're a decent performer. At the manager level, I was working 60-80 hours very consistently at all parts of the year. The pay was pretty nice and I'm glad I stuck with it, but it was nearly impossible to have a life.
Also, it sounds like the partner path is being stripped away more and more every day at GT. I know this seems true across the industry (especially in middle market PE owned accounting firms), but GT seems to be an industry-leader in this category unfortunately.
GT is winning the race to the bottom. Would avoid
I know their pay is on par with PwC salary band when I received an offer from them so I could confirm they are heavily invested in TAS.