Today was Friday. I finished up at my client just before 6pm, and headed back to the office to hand over my files. As I was leaving, I received a call from my friend Simon with whom I had previously studied for my last set of exams. He called because he'd heard about my move to London, but also to tell me that he had moved firms. A friend of his works for Deloitte, and Simon had mentioned his desire to work for one of the Big 4 "at some point". His friend took this seriously, and within days had arranged an interview which eventually led to his move. This sort of thing is uncommon, as our Institute strongly discourages moves between firms while we are still under our (3 year) training contracts. However, he's now a Deloitte employee, and good luck to him.
Having finished this phone call, I returned home, changed and went back out towards Kentish Town, as planned. As I previously mentioned, I was going to see Stuart DJ, and spend time with Laura as well. As it turned out, I walked in to find Laura sitting with an old Oxford friend who we hadn't seen for years. Once we'd said hello, the first thing he said to me was... "would you like to come and work at Deloitte?" It turns out he qualified last year and is now an Assistant Manager.
I'm not quite sure if such a move is wise. It makes sense in every way other than not appearing to be a complete whore. I really need to take some proper advice on what I should do, given my desire to move to the U.S. as soon after I qualify as possible. Anyone wanting a Chartered Accountant in the City Beautiful please drop me a line...
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Synchronicity indeed. I happen to know someone, once a very close friend from school whom I don't really keep track of anymore, who works for Deloitte and Touche. He lives in the Washington D.C. area, but I think that firm has an office in Orlando. Perhaps I could track him down, although he may not be in a position to help you.
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