Leave Big 4?

Hi everybody,

Long story short. I am part of a rotational graduate program at a Big 4 in Europe. I have been working for 1 year in M&A at the Big 4, but was transferred for a 6 months rotation in Transaction Services last week. Even though the program requires to rotate through different solutions, I feel miserable by the change as I enjoyed my M&A job a lot, and was given a great amount of responsibility for a junior. I feel that this is a step backwards in my career trajectory, going from M&A to Transaction Services. 

I am currently assessing whether it is worth it to continue at the Big 4, or leave and focus on finding a job in M&A/at a fund. 

Any advice would be much appreciated. 
 

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What’s at the end of the road when your done with your rotations? Is there any sizable promotion or pay increase? The deal side of big 4 seems much more interesting than audit (a good friend said big 4 audit was a borderline waste of his career - he was only exposed to one large company).

Only two sources I trust, Glenn Beck and singing woodland creatures.
 

I still have one more year until a promotion that would entail just a 10-20% increase in base, and moderate increase in bonus. In addition to that, after this year I would be assigned to a solution which could be M&A, but also Transaction Services. 
 

The reality is that deals is much better than audit. But I feel that after more than 1 year in M&A, moving to Transaction Services is a clear step back in terms of (i) what I want to do in life, and (ii) quality of exit opportunities. 

 

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