Irrespective of salary, which did/do you more enjoy. Being a staff, or being a senior?

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Staff for sure. Just sit there lookin confused all day and get paid/decent ratings

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I liked the part where I put in my resignation. Regardless of rank...:)

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Of course senior. People start to give you more meaningful work

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Staff ...can afford to mess up everything without worrying about the consequences

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Senior for sure. Actually getting to face clients and having more autonomy

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Senior because I at least semi know what I’m doing now. Being a staff and having no clue for 6+ months and struggling through stuff every day was really hard for me

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Senior. Sure, it’s more stressful, but it’s more interesting and you get to client-face more.

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3rd year senior in Audit was the best. First year as a senior sucks but the first year as a manager was worse since I had no senior managers on my jobs.

3rd year senior I was in the zone. Knew my clients and knew what I needed to do

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Staff. I barely had to talk to clients

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Just made Senior a few months ago so not sure yet but these responses give me hope lol

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Protiviti 1, it depends on the Senior/Team/Client. I like giving my staff as much autonomy as possible, so I include them to all client meetings, and if they find something in the minutia of ticking and tying, I let them contact the client directly to get it resolved (after I review to make sure it legit needs to go back to the client).. I think this makes for better prepared future seniors.

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Senior. Way more control over your schedule, more confidence in your work, and ability to grow.

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Staff easily. I just had to complete my work on time and woh good quality to get a good review

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S2 and above

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Staff!! Love the ticking and tying

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Neither

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Senior

Seeing all these comments from Big 4 about not having client facing or autonomous responsibilities as a staff further cements my happiness that I didnt take that path.

That being said I very much miss being staff bc I had the above opportunities but took less of the blame when things didnt go 100% as planned.

Staff for sure. Lest responsibility, everything is new so learning was interesting compared to just rolling files every year and recycling workpapers and memos to other clients.

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