Is anyone having to take a pay reduction when jumping to industry from Big 4? If not,
how were you able to find jobs paying higher base than in big 4?

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At this point I’m willing to take a $40k pay cut to have a life.

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For real!

I just accepted a job with a 22% pay cut. Month end close is max 45 hour week. The pay cut doesn’t factor in the bonus that’s based on company performance. If it is and I get max bonus, I’m only out 6%. But worth it to not be client facing and working busy season hours

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Moved from HCOL to LCOL

I'd like to know this as well. Not at a big 4 firm, but getting paid nearly the same. How do I transition out of public when every place with a decent salary wants 10+ years of experience. Anywhere I go, out of public comes at a drastic paycut that I cannot take while living in a HCOL area.

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you would think PA would want to jack up their pay to keep their team happy and be competitive. I do think their mindset of treating their people as depreciating assets instead of appreciating assets cause PA firms to be in the state that they are in. The majority of accountants work in PA cuz they could not find a better job in industry so they are stuck making lower salary for the rest of their lives unless they suck up for 14-19 years to make partners.

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I left for a senior role in industry and I got a 20% increase. The only drawback is my raises and bonuses are lower than what big 4 offers

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$210k TC in Bay Area (Consulting) or new offer: $220k TC in Austin (FAANG)?

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Not sure whether to be honest or not in this situation. I have decided that I want to leave my job and do a masters degree. I’m planning to leave my job at the end of June, should I warn my boss now so she can start hiring? I don’t want her to be blindsided by my decision and hiring is very slow at the moment. Plus if they hire someone I can train the transition will be easier? But I don’t want to shoot myself in the foot if they were thinking or giving me a pay rise or promoting me?

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Hi guys,
I have offer for Comcast and rntbci with same package. Which one should i choose?
Am expecting good hike and good wlb

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Anyone work at Allen Norton & Blue? Any insight on salary and work life balance?

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What will be the In hand salary for this compensation in IBM Bangalore
YOE - 6.7 years
Technology - Salesforce Developer
Current CTC - 10

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Hi Fishes,
What should be the salary for Manager / Sr Manager having 14+ yoe in project/product service operations? I am at 32 lpa which I think is quite low having worked with top consulting firms for close to 12 years.

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Hi,
I have 5 yoe in Java with 5.65 lpa.
How much hike i can expect .
I got a call from a recruiter and I said my expected CTC is 14 lpa, she said according to the current market, they can provide max 30-40% hike
How much I can expect according to the current trend .

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Hi Fishes, Can you all please help me with the inhand salary?

I have made 80C, 80D, HRA investments already filling individual limits.

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Hi, What's the average salary for a Intermediate Software Developer in Canada?

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What should be my salary expectation for Data Engineer role with 6YOE in Adidas?
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Counter offer letter: 46 LPA

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Have you ever regretted taking a manager role? The pay increase is tempting but I just love my job so much I’m not sure if it’s worth giving it up

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Anyone know the raise amounts for BCG yet?

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Considering a jump from Chicago to New York. I truly love living in Chicago and how far this salary gets me but I definitely want to try to make it in New York.

The only problem is my significant other has a lot of negative opinions about New York. I ultimately want to return to DC but I feel like a few good years in New York would be really good for me. In terms of a place to live, where in Manhattan can I find a place that's similar to River North in Chicago?

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I’m currently in the process of being converted from contractor to permanent. In my initial conversations I was under the impression that I was in a different pay grade and asked for a salary 25k higher than the max allotted for my position. I feel like it gave the impression that I don’t know what I’m doing. Any suggestion how I can recover from this?

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What does a 30% travel requirement mean in a job description? How often do they expect the candidate to travel ?

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How’s the product mgmt practice group within @PWC? Interested to know interview stages .

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I still think of my ex. It’s been 9 months since our breakup. He cheated on me and although I walked away and never looked back, I still wonder how life is treating him. I know I deserve better. Sigh.

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When your best is never good enough 🙏

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So sick of these pat-on-the-back posts on LinkedIn, and the ensuing circle jerk that follows

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Hi! I interned for Deloitte last summer, starting full-time this summer, and currently working a classified government job in-between. Will this be an issue during my second background check? Should I bring up to recruitment that I was contracted by the government in-between, or just leave it be? Thanks!

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UPDATE (RE: SoCal Assistant Controller Interview)

So after two weeks of waiting (and giving up on the idea of getting the job really), the recruiter got back to me.

They said due to month-end and quarter-end close they were busy and couldn’t get back to me as quickly for a “good update”.

The recruiter said the CFO enjoyed our call, she, the CFO, will call me next week directly to “discuss some final things”.

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Accounting advisory big4 or IA at F100. Both senior roles. Roughly same base pay.

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