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Posted: 05 Sep 2008 at 00:01 | IP Logged
Need your advice: I am a staff one with tax service of one of the Big 4 firm for less than 2 months. Now I have an opportunity to work for tax department of a global oil and gas corporation as a senior (for some reasons). The salary might be higher. Should I go for it or should I stay with Big 4 to gain more experiences ?
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Posted: 05 Sep 2008 at 22:21 | IP Logged
It's hard to give you some advice without knowing more details. And, I'm not an expert in the tax field. Anyhow, here is a link for tax forum, maybe they can provide more feedback for you
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Posted: 06 Sep 2008 at 22:27 | IP Logged
You have an opportunity to work for a tax department in another firm as a senior level tax accountant. So this means you interviewed for another job while only with a Big Four firm for less than 2 months and received the offer or is it an opportunity to interview for the position?
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Posted: 07 Sep 2008 at 14:13 | IP Logged
I'm an audit senior beginning my 4th year with KPMG. You will always be able to make more money in the short-term if you leave big 4. I always tell people they should work at least 2 years in Big 4, then and only then should they even consider leaving. The experience you will gain during those 2 years will far outweigh anything you will get in a corporate environment and it will pay dividends for the rest of your career.
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Posted: 07 Sep 2008 at 16:22 | IP Logged
G8trJasonB wrote:
I'm an audit senior beginning my 4th year with KPMG. You will always be able to make more money in the short-term if you leave big 4. I always tell people they should work at least 2 years in Big 4, then and only then should they even consider leaving. The experience you will gain during those 2 years will far outweigh anything you will get in a corporate environment and it will pay dividends for the rest of your career.
I agree with this 100%. Do your two years and if you don't like it, get out then. Usually, there is a one time pay leap if you leave to go to corporate early. In public accounting you can get 10%+ pay increases. In corporate, you get like 3-7% annual pay increases.
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