I left a month before what would have been my third busy season, because after all the preaching from the management about how they value efficiency over just the # of hours, they based our raises on # of billable hours.
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I spoke to the head of the Audit Dept and explained that management supposedly fairly allocated work and I met all my deadlines and a lot of times, I finished my jobs way sooner than my peers and then I helped out other teams. I also told him how the rest of mgmt emphasized efficiency. He said he would look into it and decided to match my raise w/ top-tier level raise in my peer group. By then, I was already pissed off and had a good offer from another company (private) on hand. Once the partner told me he would up my raise, I negotiated the job offer I had in hand and got the salary I wanted.
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Two days after the partner told me that he would up my raise, I handed in my letter of resignation and left the firm. After I left, few managers I knew told me that I probably wouldn't be able to come back even if I wanted to and I asked why I would want to come back to public. 3 months later, here I am working 40 hours a week and I have no regrets of leaving public. I put in an extra hour a day here and there, but never worked more than 9 hrs a day. No more detailed time entry. No more traveling. No more expense reports getting rejected, because of some stupid technical reasons. No more yelling from stressed out managers. No more having to manage bunch of different expectations from multiple managers/partners.
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Long story short – I left public after 2 yrs & 1 month and I have no regrets.
AUD - 99
BEC - 91
FAR - 94
REG - 96
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Done with exam. On with life.
FAR - 94 (10/4/15), Local Prep Online Lectures, BISK & NINJA MCQ
AUD - 99 (1/19/16), Local Prep Online Lectures, BISK & NINJA MCQ
REG - 96 (4/19/16), Local Prep Online Lectures, BISK & NINJA MCQ
BEC - 91 (7/19/16), Local Prep Online Lectures, BISK & NINJA MCQ
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