[thebigguy1992]

Let me start this off by saying I’m not sure if I selected the right “forum” topic, so if anyone can direct me let me know.

About me:

So I interned this past busy season at a Big 4 accounting firm in the south east (I won’t say the exact city for privacy reasons). The office is in the gulf coast (Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana region), and is fairly average-sized. I have one more year of my masters of accounting credits this year to complete, and then I start full-time in September. I received an average rating for my internship performance review, so I must have one well enough for one manager to vouch for my offer.

Here is the issue: I got an offer for this one city I interned in, and now I want to move back home, aka transfer offices.

Reasons I want to move: All my family is in Boston. All my friends are there too. It is home for me. I know I would want to transfer eventually, and also live there for at least the next ten years, so why not just start there now?

I want to ask my mentor if there is any way I could transfer and start full-time up north. I also don’t feel like I have the right to ask before I even started full-time. Is it against etiquette to ask to transfer cities before I even start full-time? When I was interning, one staff 2 moved to the office I interned at for family reasons. There was also a senior manager who moved because of his wife wanting to be in the city where I interned. So it’s not like the firm doesn’t support transferring. It’s just that one lady had a serious family issue, and the other person was a friggin senior manager. I’m just the intern who got a full-time offer and now I already want to transfer. I feel like my case is that it’s early enough that I’m asking that if this large amount of time they should be able to accommodate me. It is June 2015 now, I don’t start full-time for another 15 months.

[thebigguy1992]

Also, how do you think i should go about the salary situation? Im sure my salary should increase 3-5k because of relocation to boston, but i dont want to bring that up if it means they wont relocate me if i also want the new salary

[rp 12]

It will be adjusted based on your location. Don't worry about salary now. If I were you, I wouldn't think about this at all. Since moving back is my main/important priority.

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[Mayo]

You can discuss salary bump with the Boston office recruiter. That way it's less of an awkward thing.

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[thebigguy1992]

[Anonymous]

Hi, Thebigguy1992
Do you mind if I can if you were able to transfer or not?

[AZ]

Can you please let us know if you were able to relocate ? How you approached the situatiom and how they reacted ? I am in the same boat now

[Author]

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