Big 4 transferring offices (audit)
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.
Have a friend who was in exactly your shoes (Big 4 Audit) and moved from DC (Tyson's Corner I think but whatever) where she summered to the NYC office for no reason other than wanting to live in New York.
You have the offer, so there is nothing to lose by inquiring about a transfer. Emphasize family reasons for wanting to move; you had a great time with the firm and feel like you can do really well there, but it's too far from family, etc.
When do you think I should request the move? ASAP? I just finished two months ago and don't start for another 15 months. And should I contact my assigned mentor who happens to be up high in management?
Ask ASAP, they wont care if you have a good reason. Make sure you transfer before you start. If you wait until you start it will be more difficult and transfers always get put on the worst clients.
Ok, and who do you think I should email? The person who dealt with recruiting, or my assigned mentor who also happens to be a senior manager? I'm thinking of emailing them next week
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I would do this over a phone call if possible. I think the recruiting person to get things going, and then your assigned mentor right after that as a courtesy to keep them in the loop and thank them for all they've done for you, etc.
Does anyone else think a phone call is the best way to this? I am much more comfortable with an email because I can clearly state the reasons much better in writing than on the phone. I was then going to ask the person if they want to talk on the phone they can call me and leave my number. After telling the HR lady I was then going to go and talk to my mentor and let them know what's going on.
I'm just saying email is my preferred method because I can communicate better and also I'm not in the office at all for one whole year due to grad school so I'm sort of out of huge loop with everyone in the office
I think I'm going to email HR instead of call.. Emailing is easier I think because I can clearly explain the reasons for moving, and I want to make it seem like a request not a demand. And then at the end if the email I'll say I would love to work no matter where I was located, etc. and also offer to speak on the phone or in person
How do u guys think i should go about the salary situation? I think my salary would increase 3-5k if i moved to boston, but i dont want to make a big issue about it if it makes the whole process a lot more difficult
Office Transfer before start date - Deloitte Entry Level (Originally Posted: 03/22/2015)
Hi I accepted an offer from Deloitte Advisory with their NYC office and over the course of my last year I realized I would not like to live in NY much longer (because weather is unbearable and husband has career opportunities in California).
Is it okay to ask the recruiter if I can start instead in a California office? What are the pros and cons of asking? What is the possibility they will allow it?
Thank so much in advance....
Just ask HR and explain the situation. Mention your SO's Cali job. You may not be able to make the move immediately, but they are often accommodating. Fortunately, you are wanting to move from the NYC office, which is where many entry levels want to move, so that may help the switch. In consulting, you have to learn to speak up and take initiative.
Pros: you can move now, or within a year at most Cons: stuck hating living in NYC
Transferring offices in Big 4 audit (Originally Posted: 06/18/2015)
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.
If I were u, I would wait 1-2 years and then ask for the transfer. You could progressively let people know that everyone is there so they eventually assume that you will end up leaving and I guess there'll be no prob.
Also, if in 1-2 years they are reluctant, you just need to get an offer from another B4 and that's it.
The reason why I discourage you from asking know is because except in rare cases, B4s work as independent companies although they're network and all this shit (sometimes inter-office work is like working with the enemy)... So if you tell'em to transfer would be the same for them as asking them to help you moving to another company.
I can say from most of the advice I've gotten you are the first person to put it that way. And everyone is saying it shouldnt be that big a deal. I have no idea why me saying i want to transfer cities is like asking them to help me to move to another company. I'm staying in the same company, i just want to move cities for family reasons.
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