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It's short sighted. You'll get stuck in a staff accountant position somewhere with 10 other staff accountants. You'll likely never see the same earning potential as someone who's been promoted to senior or higher.
By all means if you want to leave then leave. Do what's best for your own life. You asked for our opinions and we are giving them to you. Sorry if it's not what you expected. I don't think you're going to find any people in here that will tell you your career trajectory will be as good if you leave as a staff vs as a senior/manager. It's just not true. That doesn't mean there aren't people who leave as staff that aren't successful, it just means in general people who leave at senior/manager tend to be more successful and have better long term opportunities than those that leave as staff.
It will just limit your earning potential. Hang on until senior and the opportunities will be better.
Update: accepting the job today. New salary will be 90k. Can't wait to never do busy season again!
Best part of leaving is going home at decent hours during Jan - March and getting your weekends/life back. Enjoy!
Why not?
So it would be worth it then if you left as a staff 2 for a senior or manager position?
Or use it on your resume to move on to a bigger company with manager under your belt for a few years?
And a few years of higher pay and 40 hour weeks, mind you
Whoops wrong thread.
Any
^Which are what?
^Nobody is saying absolutes. There's always these one off cases. But yes, generally speaking all of those are true. Maybe you're the one in a million person that goes against the odds, it does happen.
Supervising Senior 1, good answer. Same question, but leaving as Manager 1?
People who stay in public to the senior/manager position tend to have more successful careers and better opportunities than those that don't. There's plenty of data on this. Sorry if that isn't the answer you're looking for, but I don't think you're going to find many people who think leaving as a staff has the same career trajectory as leaving as a senior/manager.
IMO 5-7 years is the sweet spot to leave. Manager 1 is a fantastic time to leave PA. Tons of opportunities available in the market at that level. For some context, I left PA after 6 busy seasons. Positions in the market were all in the $120k+ total comp range and that's for 40 hour weeks. Positions requiring longer hours were in the $140k+ range. Far more than what managers in public are making.
Check out what the managers at your clients are making. You'd be surprised.
I meant answer the original question as if you are leaving as manager...what would you want for compensation and title? I'm just curious. You said 100k for staff so I just changed the question a little
So wait, you said you already left PA? And you're a senior 1?
And you're making 120k?
^Yes to leaving PA, no to being a senior 1. The "1" means im the first person with that title to post on this thread.
Staff 2 90k? What city? Seattle or NYC?