Leaving for a small firm?
Hi All,
As the title says, I need some advice on this. I’m currently at Big 4 with promotion for senior coming up. There’s been talk all year that most people will not get promoted as two year associates. I’ve had very good performance reviews and have more senior responsibilities the teams I work on, so I have fair odds I say - but it’s up in the air for everyone it sounds like.
The issues is, senior or not - I want out. I want to be in another job before the end of the year, this job has made most of my life work and I feel like I’ve been missing out on life and honestly quite miserable. I’d be staying just to see if I get promoted or not and add that title to my resume, but still leaving for the right opportunity.
I was looking for industry roles, but actually had a very small firm reach out to me. I took the interview not expecting anything, but genuinely really enjoyed my conversations with the partner. The last interview I had, they offered me a role that would match the salary I would get if I was senior at big 4, and there’s lots of opportunities at the firm.
Timeline wise they’d want to hire in 4-6 weeks max, I would find out about the promotion closer to 8 weeks.
Is it stupid to leave right before a big promotion at big 4? Should I discuss with my DL and mention that I have an offer I’m seriously considering? I know small firms as a whole can be very risky.. but I can’t say I’m not intrigued by this opportunity. I keep going back and forth on what I want to do.
Any and all advice welcome!