Confused with my Career. I messed up!

Hello everyone, I started my career in 2021 with a Big4 within Research field. Since the pay was good I joined after MBA which was from a Tier 3 college. I was a part of the Big4 till 2024 and then switched to an IT product based within Market Intelligence side.

Within Big4, things were very stressed a lot of politics in the team, Manager lied on many things, basically he was a narcissist who emphasised working like labours rather than providing work life balance. I handled a lot of embarrassment, humiliation and since that time a lot of Layoffs were happening, not a lot of companies were opening roles.

By chance I got a role in IT product based and to handle my WLB I thought of joining a small scale company and changing my manager and the work environment I was facing in my Big4 job.

Spending close to 5 months in an IT product based company, I got to know I am not the right person for this role as there is no research involved in this role and I think I am not aligned to this role. On the contrary, the perks offered by IT product based company are really good.

Some of the benefits are: fully remote, Iphone with corporate plan number, free fruits in office, work from home setup, US and Germany visits in 4 star hotels along with all visa and travel fees paid by company, Tableau pro license along with Manager approving leaves with no questions policy. Manager is Chinese with location in US. So, no Indian Managers and their toxicity.

One thing I did not like about IT product based is the Manager is a bit bossy and mostly schedules calls outside my timezones. She says my role is global so I should adjust. She prefer all the things in her own way and really criticises our work if it is not done in her own way. She is really controlling and she thinks she needs to have the last words in every discussions which I truly hate. She and another person in my team both are in US which I have sit at nights to take calls while my afternoons and morning are mostly free.

Now, I got shortlisted from Gartner and Deloitte and in the process of giving interviews and just thinking about my decisions. If any of the two companies above give me offer which is into research and the space where I want to go into, should I leave this IT product based which is not aligned to my role but offers amazing perks which I know most India based company won’t offer.

What shall I do? Please provide suggestions. Did anyone face similar situations in their life and what did you guys choose?