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In tax so YMMV. Below senior manager, I wouldn’t. Unless you find a really unique firm, the hours aren’t less (often more) these past few years and pay overall is about the same.
Overall, training, exposure, and technology are vastly superior at a big 4 versus a smaller firm. I say this as someone who has jumped from big 4 to a much smaller firm.
I moved from a big four to a top-10 after spending some time in industry. I think you might find the talent isn’t as good and the clients are a lot messer/you have to walk them
through more although they are generally nicer to you (in my experience minus a few here and there). I also work on many more clients than I did at the big four but they are smaller and less complex. On the plus side, the hours and pay were definitely better and I feel more appreciated. Im happy for now, but also miss the caliber of client and coworker from the big four.
It depends on the office. I’ve been in both and smaller firms are more nimble, you stand out faster, and you feel like you can make a difference. Pay is quite competitive and if you can bring in business the sky is the limit (networking is way easier in a smaller firm and it’s easier to develop those networking skills early in a smaller firm than trying to attract the giant clients of a big firm early in your career). Depends if the local firm has a niche market though. Big firms can be fun for a while but smaller definitely has far more potential and less stress if it’s a good fit
It really depends on the actual office. Do you mean local cpa form like under 10 people total?
About 100 people
I went the other way... small cpa firm to big 4. And not because big 4 was what i always dreamed of but actually because my local firm was small and when I had to move for family reasons.... big 4 was only one that would hire me.
I think answer depends on what service line you are - but going this way (ie small to big 4) makes me think must be really hard to go other way. And before I continue will say that I think a lot of my ‘success’ at big 4 came from foundation at small firm. But... if you are audit... I mean at small firms you barely do any audits... you are a book-keeper... you learn debits and credits because you have to close books... but you don’t learn about the different accounting standards.... I would think that big companies industry positions are more likely to take folks from big 4 (knows 404 worked on the 5 recent standards familiar with 10-k and 10-q) v small firm person (knows debits credits, doesn’t know what 606 is).
Just my 2 cents .... and my small firm was prob ...80 people
I moved from top 10 CPA firm to big4 and I work less hour :)
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