I’m from Big 4 and exiting to either another smaller firm with 10% bump or industry job as Internal Auditor/SOX compliance role. Most of the industry jobs I’ve been interviewed for requires RTO (4-5days). Would like to get your thoughts on whether moving to industry with WLB but giving-up the WFH set-up in a public acctg firm is a good choice? If anyone can share their experiences on transitioning to industry with RTO or someone who remained in Public acctg for flexibility, that would be great!

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i switched out of public the second i got a decent offer. you can't beat 40 hour work weeks even with hybrid, although we're 2 days in office. depends on your goals too

I switched to industry earlier this year with only $3k higher. The best thing is only 40 hour weeks and I only come in 1 day a week (it may change in the future as I’ve heard some rumors to be back 2-3 days). But I think I wouldn’t mind because the job in industry is not too intense. I don’t have busy season. Everyone (most of them from big 4) here seems pretty chill. So if you think you can give up remote work for 40 hour work weeks and no weekend work, it’s definitely worth it.

I’m in tax actually. But lots of other folks in our accounting department are from big 4. They told me they even got a pay cut to come here.

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