I posted a few months ago about how I was considering changing jobs. I was making $130k with 10% bonus target in a pretty laid back job which I had great WLB. I didn’t feel like I was growing and felt the culture didn’t necessarily fit me the best but I have a lot of friends there so maybe culture wasn’t an issue. Anyways, I had an opportunity to move to a larger firm where I knew I’d work more and would learn more. I was thinking 200-300 hours a year more. The offer was $175k + $20k sign on and I negotiated $185k. Despite most people telling me to enjoy the WLB in my role, I ended up taking the new job.
Fast forward to today…..My new boss works 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, along with the manager under me. In the course of two months I’ve been averaging 19 hours per week more than my old job. Granted, I’m a tax accountant so it was fall busy season but I feel like I have no time or energy for anything anymore. It’s from August 1st thru October 15th here vs my first firm it was September 15 thru October 15th, second firm didn’t really have a fall busy season. Since the October 15th deadline is over I thought we’d scale back but people in my group are still working 10-12 hours a day and I noticed a few were working yet today. Unlike my old firms no one is using PTO either. I probably sound like the typical millennial, but I do put my time in and work hard, this is just way more than I ever worked in my career. Ironically enough I asked many questions about hours as I know public accounting is crazy…they told me ‘this isn’t a sweat shop’ and ‘we don’t work people to death here’. Needless to say I’m exhausted.
Outside of the hours, I’ve learned the client mix is not what was pitched to me. The partner I work under is about 40% focused on the client type I have experience in and I was under the impression it’s all he did. So going forward I might need to help with different client industries and entity types which I’ve never touched in my 10 year career. There’s also big layoffs occurring so if I don’t say yes to doing it, my utilization will be low and I’ll probably get cut. Then the ‘consulting’ work I was so excited about is converting PDFs to Word or copying and pasting stuff for a partner too.
Based on all of this I’m considering leaving 2.5 months in even though financially it makes sense to stay. I’m leaning towards asking my old firm for my old job back. I feel like a damn fool but this isn’t what I signed up for. Has anyone ever done this? Would these be valid reasons? Any advice?
Fast forward to today…..My new boss works 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, along with the manager under me. In the course of two months I’ve been averaging 19 hours per week more than my old job. Granted, I’m a tax accountant so it was fall busy season but I feel like I have no time or energy for anything anymore. It’s from August 1st thru October 15th here vs my first firm it was September 15 thru October 15th, second firm didn’t really have a fall busy season. Since the October 15th deadline is over I thought we’d scale back but people in my group are still working 10-12 hours a day and I noticed a few were working yet today. Unlike my old firms no one is using PTO either. I probably sound like the typical millennial, but I do put my time in and work hard, this is just way more than I ever worked in my career. Ironically enough I asked many questions about hours as I know public accounting is crazy…they told me ‘this isn’t a sweat shop’ and ‘we don’t work people to death here’. Needless to say I’m exhausted.
Outside of the hours, I’ve learned the client mix is not what was pitched to me. The partner I work under is about 40% focused on the client type I have experience in and I was under the impression it’s all he did. So going forward I might need to help with different client industries and entity types which I’ve never touched in my 10 year career. There’s also big layoffs occurring so if I don’t say yes to doing it, my utilization will be low and I’ll probably get cut. Then the ‘consulting’ work I was so excited about is converting PDFs to Word or copying and pasting stuff for a partner too.
Based on all of this I’m considering leaving 2.5 months in even though financially it makes sense to stay. I’m leaning towards asking my old firm for my old job back. I feel like a damn fool but this isn’t what I signed up for. Has anyone ever done this? Would these be valid reasons? Any advice?
Statistics: Posted by malibuboats91 — Sat Oct 19, 2024 6:54 pm — Replies 14 — Views 1120