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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who works there?[/quote]

I was a Manager at Deloitte and Senior Manager at EY. Absolutely awful. Bill 80+ weeks to the client and spend another 20+ on BD work. Travel Sun-Fri pre-pandemic. Was once told to cancel all of my Xmas vacation plans to stay at the client site working 16 hour days, never saw my family the entire week. I left and make more money now working a 40 hr week with flexibility, but you couldn't pay me 3x my current salary to go back to either.

THAT SAID, I was on the commercial not Federal side. I've heard Federal is better (and pays commensurately less) since Fed clients tend to have more reasonable hours and expectations. Still not sure I'd recommend it though if kids are young and you value flexibility or want to advance to Partner. [/quote]

What type of company do you work for now? What do you do in general after a manager position at these companies, anyways? Are tax lawyers in a better position there? [/quote]

I entered as a SME and left as a SME, so that experience got me my next jobs at a megabank and in FAANG. I honestly think I could have skipped the entire experience and ended up in the same place, so that made it extra not worth it. As the PP from Deloitte says, they own you and it's like being in a 24/7 abusive relationship. I recommend it to very, very few people and even fewer who aren't 24, childless, and willing to gun it no matter the cost. The cost is high. [/quote]

Oh just get a job at a FAANG; that’s easy. Of course everyone wants that![/quote]

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