Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, Career Design, & Job Search · Scott Anthony Barlow

Leaving a Big 4 Job: What I Learned About Balance & Self-Worth: Shreya's Career Change Story

·35 min·3 clips
Shreya's parents told her to quit after she broke down crying from job stress.
Shreya shares her journey from a stressful Big 4 accounting job to a fulfilling role at an AI-driven medical company, discussing mental health struggles, office politics, and how test-drive conversations helped her realize the importance of work environment and relationships.

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A careful career-change story about leaving a stressful Big 4 role for a better fit.

Shreya's story is not sold as a triumph; it is a quiet look at a Big 4 accounting job that wore her down and never really fit. The episode stays close to the strain on her mental health, the sense of being out of step with the people around her, and the point where she starts…

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If your resume looks good but your days do not.

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