What’s the general opinion of Big 4 auditors who leave to go do contract audit roles? It feels a little like betrayal but some roles are willing to pay $75-85/hour + 1.5x overtime for an S2. Does this step look bad when eventually moving to industry?

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Sounds like a smart move to me. Where’s the betrayal?

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I did this and highly recommend it. I made $95k as a full time employee in 2020. On target to earn $170k as a contractor in 2021.

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The opportunity I heard about was from an external recruiter who places auditors in contract roles with multiple diff national firms

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You don’t get benefits and you’re only in contract, firms probably like this because they only use you when they have work.

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Can you say the firm?

Who are you betraying?

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I think you are giving yourself too much credit. Attrition is expected in PA regardless of if you go to another PA firm or industry. Loyalty is out the door the past couple of years. Also, I’ve been laid off of Big 4 back in the day so maybe I have a different outlook.

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Personally, if I was interviewing you for your next job, I would discount the time you spent as a contract auditor. Definitely wouldn’t consider it equivalent to the time spent in a Big 4. My impression would be that you either left because you were asked to or you were looking for a money grab. The latter is definitely not someone that I want working for me.

OP is asking about when they eventually go to Industry. I don’t think industry cares.

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