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No chance you’re overthinking this. Not being able to last a year at a single employer is a major red flag.
I disagree with RSM. If you have a reason and go to a new job it’s easy to explain.
Why not look for a job before you quit?
This. It's not really a red flag if you sell why you're joining the new company as a better fit. It's more of one if you quit and have a big gap in employment.
If you leave now, everyone will think you got fired and are phrasing it like you quit. Right now, things for most people in PA are slow. Got to your resource manager and ask if you could take a LOA for the summer. Use that time to figure out what you want out of KPMG vs life. Worst case scenario-you get told no and quit sooner. Best case scenario it allows you to focus on what will make you feel better. Moderate case scenario-you get to at least 1 year. Next year you will have “some” control, and you will have “some” repeat engagements where everything won’t seem so foreign. I took a similar leave at KPMG and still made manager in four years. The summer time off allowed me to reset and focus on priorities. The. A bunch of seniors quit and bam-promotions early and double digit raises for the next few years. I left after 5 years due to pregnancy. Think outside the box.
If you get a job while still employed, nobody is going to think anything of it. If you quit and then try to find a job, good luck.
Not an issue, only if you have a valid and logical reason to leave KPMG and join a company that is operationally different. For, instance if you need to leave KPMG because the work you have been doing does not meet your future goals and you believe it would not add any value even if you decide to stay for few more months but you would also need to explain why you believe new role will add value to your goals. An answer like, the workload is heavier than expected, WLB is difficult to maintain, or I am not getting the kind of expected exposure at work or not getting the opportunity to work with a preferred team or environment, etc, would make you look someone who’s weak, unreliable, doesn’t know how resolve conflicts/challenges and someone who quits when things are rough and do not meet their expectations.
Also would like to highlight, 1st year is always tough at any PA firm specially if it’s a big4. Things starts to fall in place you spend more time and learn more on the way. This my 3rd year at Deloitte, I started as an intern and I can vouch work-life is much better now than it was in my 1st year.
I lasted at a big 4 for 9 months.. The reason i left was we were moving states and it never hurt my record.
Yes. It’s not a good look. You’ll have to do at least a year somewhere.
It becomes something that you need to explain. You can afford to have one short position on your CV but more than one is a major red flag to potential employers. Do you want to use your one card on leaving this role?
As someone who regularly looks at CVs and makes hiring decisions, I don’t quite agree with somenof the advice here. If you have a valid reason like a geographical move for family reasons fine. If it’s “I don’t see the work I’m doing as aligning with my career” - this is a far more valid reason once you are actually into your career ie if I heard it from a Manager or Senior Manager then it would make sense. If you are more junior then it it more a question of whether you can just knuckle down and learn or if you are not sure about the actual whole industry being right for you.
Suck it up and stay another year. look internally for a secondment or move. it may well even get better. If not then leave after 18-24 months. Then you can sell having big 4 experience without it being such a negative.
Also - aftee a short move, look to be somewhere 3-5 years. Too many short moves add up and make it look like you are an issue within a team.
Yes
You don’t even have to put this on your resume
Only if you are looking for another job in public (which it sounds like you wouldn’t be) nobody else cares.
Ignoring the impact on finding your immediate next job, you just won’t be able to sell “big 4 experience” as part of your pitch to employers down the road. Having a background of Big 4 experience to start your career could be a strong sell for your entire career if you stick with it for just a couple of years.
I guess it will depend on your reasoning for leaving and how you're able to sell this reasoning to a potential employer. But I'm sure plenty of people don't last a year at the Big 4.
I wouldn't work for a Big 4 because they use you until you are stressed. My friend worked at KPMG in Sacramento and would sleep at the office. I worked across the street from him at BOE. One day I see him outside and he looks terrible. He tells me how stressed he is working 60+ hours a week. I asked him what he was making. I did the math in my head and told him I'm making more an hour than he is working at a Big 4 and I have a better work life balance. He had a light bulb moment. He left KPMG the following month and has never been happier. I think he's an internal auditor for a lumber company still. 40 hours a week and no burn out. KPMG would replace you if you died and never bat an eye. Big 4's are soul suckers.