[Anonymous]

I will be starting full time soon at a Big 4 office in Texas and now for personal reasons I may want to switch to a different state in about a year. All of a sudden I’m getting worried that it will be really hard to move around even though I assumed it would be kind of easy. Does anyone have any advice or experience to share? Is it difficult to move offices after only 1 year? And how/when would you go about asking? Thanks for your help!

[Da Bears]

I am curious about this also. Possibly in same boat with personal issues.

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[Red315]

I don't work for a big for (our firm is #8 I beleive). Moving around is relatively common. I moved from our West Palm Office to our Orlando office and a colleague moved from our Miami office to our New Office recently. I am sure its relatively commonplace and that is one of the advantages of working for a national firm.

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[mmcgrad1]

It didn't seem to difficult for my sister when she did it last year. Although she had been working with the firm since 2009.

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[Anonymous]

Thanks for your replies! I agree that when I joined a Big 4 firm, I assumed one of the best advantages was mobility between cities seeing as they exist practically everywhere. So when a friend of mine told me it might be pretty difficult, it kinda sucked! But hopefully if I'm persistent it'll work out the way I'd like.

[mrcpa]

It's actually pretty simple to switch offices after 1 year. It happens quite often. Just start the process of letting them know early….

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[Whyme]

It depends on which market you are trying to move to. The top markets are always harder to switch to.

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[Mayo]

Rule of thumb is that waiting 2 years is best, but I've seen it done in one. The factors at play are:

-Are you a high performer?

-Is the office you want to transfer to in need of people?

-What is your rank? Generally, Seniors are tougher to replace, so it might be easier to transfer as saff.

-Do people in your office like you?

For the most part, if you answered yes to questions 1,2, and 4, your chances are very high.

Mayo, BBA, Macc

[palmtop_taiga]

Thank you for this! Very helpful!

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