I've been a Consultant for about 8 years. I planned to get out of consulting to try my hand at commercial public relations/communications. I got an offer from Xerox to work with their corporate PR segment. Then I got an unexpected offer from KPMG to work with their transformation advisory segment doing comms for federal clients. Both are similar offers, 20% bumps. KPMG has slightly more PTO and EOY bonuses, but Xerox had a nice signing bonus and slightly higher base salary. WDID??

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KPMG is not worth it, go to the industry. I worked there and at another b4 in my 12 years of consulting and K is by far the worst culture I’ve seen.

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If PR is what you want to crack in, go for it. Remove comp from this equation. You won’t get many good shots are entirely reimagining your career.

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Wow you got a higher number from a public relations/communications job offer? I always thought they paid way less

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