Tell me your Big 4 experience. Being pushed

[Beingpushed]

I have been working for a few years in a Manager role in a big 4. My team has recently moved to another team which seem quite business oriented, only interested in people who want to work all hours/make partner. I feel like I am now being pushed out and the partner is making things up/exaggerating things and I am not being given enough work to keep utilisation up.

Should I leave or don’t go down without a fight? I joined in a very tricky time where they were struggling to recruit and I was thrown into the deep end with not much support.

I feel like I served the purpose, it is a different market and they just want young people who want to progress the career; they are not struggling to recruit anymore. They are also not interested in people who prioritise their family despite all what they say. They want people who want to give all to grow the business.

Thank you.

Are there any good accountancy firms which value staff, offer a bit of flexibility and work-life balance? I need to think my next move carefully, trying to decide if I go back into industry or practice.

I’d look at the large mid tier firms - BDO, Grant Thornton, Forvis Mazars.

I think it still largely depends on the culture in the team/office you join. All the firms say the right things but in reality some partners really believe in it and others just pay lip service. So investigate the position in the actual team you're considering joining at the time.

Wonderful. Thank you

True, there are some good Partners in the previous team. I need to consider my next move carefully