Should I go back to big 4? Left B4 when qualified and jump into a local practice, but it merged with big 10 and now we have more client but not enough resources and training. I’m a very checklist type of person and need structured handbook to know what to do, small companies seem to be messy with clients don’t even have a trial balance (we need to figure it out from bank transactions ourselves). Should I go back to bigger companies with more structures? But I can’t survive another busy season

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I'm in a similar boat, left B4 to a smaller firm (top 100) and the training has been abysmal, basically I have to just ask questions to figure out how the firm operates and the small clients have so much more headache than expecting (from what was described to me originally). I'm starting to think some people are better with B4 and others with small firms, but the world's are very different and hard to jump between.
But I'm starting to feel like I'm done with the industry altogether. I'm tired, and want my WLB so I can live outside of work again, so that's what I'm trying to sort through.

Good luck in finding your next step whatever it may be!

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