I left a sr. mgr. job at a big 4 to join asmall consulting firm in a parallel transition. Here, I’m discouraged from direct client contact: I draft all outgoing emails for my bosses, only take notes during client calls, and my supervisor approves everything I do. While I wasn’t told not to contact clients, I know I shouldn’t as I am often asked to draft stuff for my bosses. I’ve only sent 1 external email in months here, compared to 10+ daily before. Is this micromanagement or just mgmt. style?

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It might be a small firm thing. I left a Big4 and joined one of the smaller accounting firms. It was hell on earth for me. At the Big4 I had a lot of latitude to make decisions and my SM and PMD trusted me to lead calls, manage relationships, etc. At the smaller firm I couldn’t do anything outside the strict parameters of the partner. I quit after 4 months and boomeranged back to the Big4.

There is no comparison with the Big4 + Accenture.

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