Which one should I pick - big four or prestigious investment company? Hi guys I’m currently making a change in my career and I have gotten an offer from big four and accepted it. It’s specialized in one sector. I had communicated the offer deadline with all the companies I interviewed for . Two weeks after I had accepted such said offer, one of the companies I interviewed for called me and said they would like to extend an offer to me as well.

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Big 4 firm if the offer is from PwC.

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Only if you hate youre life

What are you actually doing at the investment company? Is it back office accounting?

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Pick the one that will get you closer to your career end goal.

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Go investment company.

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Investment company. Can always jump to another investment company and get paid more in long run as if you were a senior exiting the big 4. If this was an accounting role in an investment company, then big 4

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The role @ investment company is not accounting, but definitely more on the operation side (back office) with a bit of accounting.

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I’d take it

So here is the dilemma, the investment company is where ppl would go after the big four. The money is more, but the hour isn’t necessarily better. I actually prefer PA because you get busy for four months and then you chill for quite a bit. Whereas the prestigious investment firm is more spread out. I am torn between the two because I had already accepted the offer, but the money is much more on the industry side.
I have no big four experience.

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“Get busy for four months and then you chill for quite a bit”

false statement

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Investment company. No brainer

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Big 4, honestly not a fan of leaving public to go into industry staff/senior roles. I see a lot of people get stuck at those roles.

Leave public to be the boss not the b**** 😎

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