What was the final straw that made you walk away from your big 4 firm?

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I've decided to retire after being told that 3 days in the office per week will be mandatory from January 2025 on

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I haven't worked at a "big 4", but every time I've quit a job it was because of my boss.

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I came into Deloitte as a cybersecurity SME, and they tried to make me a regular manager. I refused, things soured and I eventually got laid off. Best thing that ever happened to me was getting Deloitte on my resume, which took my already large salary to another level.
Would I ever work for another big 4? Not a chance in hell.

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Thats my experience as well. Large companies like that seem to have the same sorts of problems entrenched in their framework.

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A 2x TC increase

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Don’t need to tell me lol. I left PwC consulting in 2023 and am now in industry

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Wokeness

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Try again. Don't pin that lame label on what really happened.

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I was working a temp contract for Tesla. When a test didn't go as expected, my soldering was blamed. I proved that was false, AND found the root cause. When I proved it, with an experiment, I was told "Okay, well there's nothing for you to do until we redesign, so today is your last day."

A week into my next contract, Tesla wanted me back. After the complete disregard for my contribution and even my well-being, my reply was two words: "absolutely not".

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I've had a situation like that as well.
Like how do they expect you to work for people you can't trust?

Kids

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And money

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Environment becoming toxic.

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Money

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People not listening to the ones who actually know stuff then having to fix the shit mess they created. Haven't left yet but starting to look cause you can only hit your head against the wall so many times

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Change of management which turned into a Toxic environment. Every single time

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Bosses demonstrating their lack of integrity by telling whopper lies to manipulate employees... combined with other bosses tolerating it / tacitly approving of it.

Having a common cold flu in elderly rehabilitation

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