Putting in my two weeks notice today.

For the first time in my 10-year career, I will be doing something other than public accounting. I have known nothing else.

I’m nervous about meeting with the department head and maybe a little scared to leave.

However, I’m also excited for the new beginnings in industry—a true fresh start.

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Congrats! … everyone who I know that has left PA has never regretted their decision. PA is great place to start a career, but definitely not a long term place to stay for majority of accountants!

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Big 4 firm is a school to learn for maybe 3 to 5 years then leave. The high season it’s a lot. Long hours

I just left PA after 6 years. Giving notice and the next 2 weeks of dirty looks and comments while I tried to wrap things up in a way thay left my clients in a good place were among the most stressful in my life and I broke down (thankfulky not in the office) a couple times. That was 2 months ago and I am so much happier and less stressed today than I ever was during my time in PA. I couldn't recommend leaving more, it feels like I left an abusive relationship. When I gave notice i actually was told they couldnt believe i was leaving after all they had done for me and I'd never find anyplace better. Congratulations!!!

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Glad you were able to find something that was such a great fit for you. Public accounting sure isn’t for everyone, so it’s good to get out whenever you realize it and while you still can.

My next two weeks are going to be interesting. I don’t think I’ll get any snide comments said to my face directly. But I know the partner group is one to day things behind closed doors. Not worried to much about it though. At the end of the day, I’m the one that’s getting my life back.

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Good luck! I finally got an industry position but I won’t leave my firm until I use all my vacation since I won’t get my bonus.

Days 5 - 8 (Friday through Monday):

The department head finally broke the news last Friday. I had a handful of staff and seniors reach out to congratulate me, but otherwise there wasn’t too much fanfare.

At that point, it started to sink in a bit—I’m only a few days out from being completely untethered to my work laptop, Teams, and emails.

My Friday ended with a client call that took an hour longer than intended. I stayed in the office until 6pm (I’m normally home by 4:30pm) and missed out on some time with my son.

Over the weekend, I managed to get a few hours of work in, but I’m noticeably burned out from it all. I’ve been staring at these same projects for months on end—even though it feels like we’ve been at the 5-yard line for weeks. I can picture an old senior manager I had giving me the “one final push” spiel haha.

My heart is telling me to keep pushing and not mail it in (I’m still working late into the evenings), but my mind and my body are telling me otherwise. My mind and body are ready to get some quality rest and quality time on a few hiking trails next week.

The last three days was the “one final push”, but I’ve been running on fumes for months now. It wasn’t my best effort. It doesn’t matter though, it’s all over. I cleaned out my office and turned in my laptop.

I’m officially unemployed (for 9 days or so). It will take awhile to sink in, but I’m so damn relieved it’s all over.

Going to take the weekend to do absolutely nothing.

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