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I left FAAS relatively recently. Pros are that pay is a step up from audit; a lot of very smart partners and senior managers; lots of visibility to Controllers and CFOs at the senior and manager level; good training on a host of technical accounting issues; and set me up well for a nice 65% salary bump + equity when I left. Things I wasn’t so keen on: I was about 120% utilized when I left and had literally canceled every planned vacation on the books due to client commitments and couldn’t predict when I’d ever be able to take one; worked every single firm holiday and without a meaningful raise or bonus, I just couldn’t justify the huge stress and hours; our whole region was understaffed, so if you projected 45 hours, staffing was going to find you another 10 to fill out the week; I definitely don’t regret my time in FAAS, but not having email on my phone any longer and getting to sleep a full 9 hours a night has been life changing.