What sort of people actually enjoy working for a public accounting firm these days? I say this as an audit manager who has just been dealing with endless checklists, nitpicky reviewers, and limited staffing? But it seems so many people (especially at my level or higher) seem to love that kind of stuff? I don't think I'll ever enjoy this audit job.

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I find I get joy out of working on tasks outside of audit. Special committees and other things for the firm that aren’t just straight audit. I also enjoy that everyday isn’t the same. Industry can be easier but also very boring and often doesn’t mean less stress either unless moving a well established large team

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Completely agree!!!!!

Apply yourself to learning about what auditors need and then go use that knowledge to do advisory or in house work in industry

Not true, I have seem alot of people change service lines within the firm

Hahahaha, we just had our peer review and it was a lot. The checklist and working paper references are just over the roof; even with high level reviews.

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