Those who have moved to advisory from audit, was it worth it? What are the pros and cons of switching? Thinking about doing it myself as I have found audit is not a great fit.

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Pros: sometimes switching results in better work life balance and you learn more since you are more involved in executing transactions

Con: unpredictable schedule - I don’t always know when I will need to work overtime and this can interfere with your personal life

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Audit to valuations

Pros: comp, work life balance, treated like a person not a child, freedom to take vacations and not fight for pto, use my brain on a daily basis not just roll forwards and copy paste.

Cons: sometimes unpredictable deal deadlines, higher expectations of self review/base knowledge, hard switching teams in a remote environment with lackluster coaching

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Pros money, interesting work, exit ops much better

Cons unpredictability

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Audit to cmaas, no drawbacks. “Unpredictability” isn’t that bad and have more flexibility to take time off

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