What are the pros and cons of making manager at a Big 4?

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Pros: you’re a manager
Cons: moving deeper into consulting, an industry known for having zero cool people in it.

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Tech people being called cool. What a time to be alive!

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Cons: so much red tape. Say farewell to your investment portfolio essentially

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Location also matters. Some purchases are barred only for practitioners in certain offices.

Pros: more money
Cons: more responsibility

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I may have more responsibility as a Manager, but definitely not more work. If anything, my life is easier now that more of my time is managing others and I can delegate some of the “daily grind” tasks. Best level so far.

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Pro: you can leave consulting and earn a comparable amount if you actually know what you’re doing

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Not at more senior levels if you live in the midwest. I got contacted for a SenDir position in Cyber that was semi-local, and their salary range was a full 60k lower than what I'm making as a manager.

Most jobs are underpaid like that here. I'm happy making Chicago pay where the cost of living is only at 60-70% of a big city.

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Is EY big4 if you’re in consulting?

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At accenture your bonuses basically double and you get around 20% salary bump. And like someone else said, I delegate almost all the grunt work. It’s been pretty sweet tbh

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