[ShmeePA]

Let me preface my dilemma by saying that I am 24 years old and graduated college less than a year ago.

So I was just offered a position as an audit associate for a top 10 national accounting firm to start about a month from now. The pay is competitive and I am excited about the opportunity.

My dilemma: I currently hold a job as a staff accountant for a Medical Staffing Company. My current pay is larger than what it would be at the accounting firm plus other pros include a great work-life balance, room to grow within the company, close proximity to my home. A huge con right now is that my job isnt challenging, what I am doing on a weekly basis are tasks that just repeat week in and week out.

The main pro I gauge from the accounting firm is the actual experience and knowledge that i would gain and benefit from, which in turn will help me in the future.

I have until Friday to give them my decision.

Any input on my dilemma would be a great help!

Thanks

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[Allergic2CPA]

@OP

What does it mean that you have room to grow in your current firm? That you might be given more complex or different work in addition to what you are doing and still get paid the same?

Perhaps it means you might advance but how long will that take and who would decide on your promotion? This is important because this person may not think you should promoted or they may have an excellent impression of you but when promotion time comes around they end up hiring a more exp. person from the outside and that is what happened to me.

Definitely decide based on your long term path. Also, if you are unsure where you want to end up, then think about which option gives you the greatest choices to choose from once your career path becomes apparent to you.

Lastly, if your thinking of staying put, then what is important are your actual duties in your current position and not your job title because that will dictate if you can transfer your skills to a different employer in a different industry in the future.

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[Pumpkins]

“Well as Warren Buffet said: ‘Taking a job just for the experience is the equivalent of saving sex until you are old'”

Lol what does that even mean.

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[h0wdyus]

Warren Buffet just says stuff and it gets quoted. I could not figure out what it means too. Hilarious.

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[Anonymous]

^ Glad I'm not the only one!

[Anonymous]

@ Pumpkins — lolz, I was thinking the exact same thing. I read it like 5 times and then decided to move on.

[TiffaNiffaNi]

Had to look it up:

“It's crazy to take little in between jobs just because they look good on your resume. That's like saving sex for your old age. Do what you love and work for whom you admire the most, and you've given yourself the best chance in life you can.”

“I asked him what he wanted to do for his career, and he replied that he wanted to go into a particular field, but thought he should work for McKinsey for a few years first to add to his resume. To me that's like saving sex for your old age. It makes no sense.”

I guess that's his way of saying something doesn't make sense…? I think I'll use that in conversation whenever I don't understand something.

“Performance materiality is the amount or amounts set by the auditor at less than materiality for the financial statements as a whole to reduce to an appropriately low level the probability that the aggregate of uncorrected and undetected misstatements exceeds materiality for the financial statement as a whole.”

-“Uh. That's like saving sex for when you're old.”

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