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I’m so sorry you and the others feel this way. I was in your shoes 37/38 years ago. I wasn’t loving public. I decided I would try to conquer it - not let it get the better of me. Fast forward to now - I’m a 25 year partner on the verge of retirement in June. I’ve had a great career, have a great wife, kids and grandkids. The flexibility has afforded me the balance in work and family life that you really can’t get anywhere else. And financially....I’m set for life and then some. I’m certainly not the smartest tool in the shed, so if I can do this so can anyone. Don’t give up too quickly. Good luck!
PwC 6 - I hope so 😊
Internal audit may be a good fit for that
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I feel like I went the other way, my ambition is far greater than my appetite for stress tho :(
Yes exactly. Couldn’t care less about “new exciting” opportunities anymore. Just give me my six figure income and a decent vacation package.
Though I will add that I think this has less to do with public’s impact on my ambition, and more to do with changing priorities as I continue to get older.
I'm in the same boat...pushing 40 (started late in this career, so only a manager), but make enough to be comfortable, and even take a cut for actual WLB or only working 40 most weeks of the year. I just don't have that ambition to keep advancing in my career anymore.
I promise you’ll snap out of that.
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I’ve felt this for a solid year too. Want out so badly but I was stupid and went into tax rather than audit so it’s not easy to leave.
And then what?