Looking for a bit better WLB, where to go next?

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SM at a Big4 in financial services HNW tax. Been here 10+ years. Hours can be pretty brutal during the fall season. Is going to a “smaller” firm such as EisnerAmper or Andersen Tax any better? or are they all a grind?

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Let’s start a firm where we all can have a better life and something of our own!

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Yea, its brutal everywhere

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Not public accounting

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