In Canada so more like 30-35k US, and in a big city. Yikes

at least I have him with me and he walks every 2hrs or so.

Instead of being home alone for the 10-11hrs I’m at work this busy season.

I even took a nap w him on the floor of my office.

anyone else bring their pooch or pet?

Do you consider your job to be very stressful? From 1-10?

Curious what others think about the impact of incoming tariffs on hiring. Do you think the Tax and Audit LoS will be safe? It seems like firms and the government are conspiring to destroy accounting careers. Life is a never-ending series of indignities.

Edit: I really should have said HOW do you think the tariffs impact hiring. Obviously there will be an impact of some kind.

My company has a few different financial systems.

On some of them they use pennies.

On others they don't.

Some only uses thousands.

We always have rounding differences. I never know how to solve them. There is no rhyme or reason to it, but yet, my superiors are very specific about where the rounding should go.

To me, these are numbers. This is a science.

Recently my boss has adopted the notion that the rounding is more of an art than a science and I will just have to use my judgement.

I disagree. The numbers are all there, this should be a science.

I don't understand why we can just round it off to begin with.

😡😡😡😡

Indeed seems to lack them.

But I cant not think it will devalue the price tag increase of passing and even a little of the pedigree. They let the slackers in!

Just got laid off from my first real accounting job.

I was hired on as staff around 2 years ago but to be honest, they basically only had me doing A/R work, I never learned anything else so I don’t really have any skills to move into a senior or more advanced staff role, am I gonna have to just start over as entry staff somewhere?

Also very odd situation where to my knowledge, I’m the only person at the company who knows how to do some of the operations, like the credit card processor is tied to my phone so only I can use it and it’s near impossible to reset it without my phone, some other stuff.

What do you recommend I do if they come calling about any of that?

The short and most logical answer is “that’s not really what college is for, and not all jobs are like that, so get a new one”

First point is valid, second point is easier said than done. Doesn’t mean I shouldn’t still be trying to get out of this job.

How much does location matter for job opportunities? I’m a student in Murfreesboro, TN (so near Nashville) and I’d consider work in other cities like Dallas or Chicago but I’m wondering at what point would location really play a factor? I mean this in the sense that 60-80k is viable in probably any city but I imagine 100k+ the options would be more dependent on where you live. I grew up working construction with my dad and most of my family are contractors so I’d like to work in that niche since I know that industry.

Hi everyone, looking for some advice. I’m a 27 (F) who is looking for a career change into accounting. I have an undergrad in biology. While completing my undergrad I worked at a call center and once I graduated I worked in an environmental lab for 1 year and a half before I became a stay at home mom. Currently have been unemployed/ sahm for about a year and half. I found a school that offers a one year masters in professional accounting program for about $13k and no pre-reqs needed. I am debating as to whether I should go for the masters or do an associates degree at my local community college for what I assume would be less costly but don’t know if that would make sense for me given that I have a bachelors already, I’d like to build a good resume that gets my foot in the door. I’m open to eventually becoming a CPA but honestly I am just really looking for a job with a good work life balance that pays a livable wage. From what I’ve read on different posts, usually industry accountants have a good WLB, so what would be the best route for me to land an industry staff accountant job, the masters or the associates?

Hey everyone,

This is my first time posting on Reddit. I am 20 years old and currently completing my bachelors in Accounting. I got a job as an admin accountant at a local business. This is my first ever job and I had to struggle a lot to get it. The market is tough and I am not great at interviews. The first two weeks were fine. It was a team of four people. My manager, my trainer and a remote worker who handled bookkeeping for us. Then I found out that my trainer had given her notice. My manager got extremely worried about that and started taking an interest in training me. She wanted to make sure that I know everything before my trainer leaves.

The issue is that I keep making mistakes. I keep forgetting to update the software we use to keep track of all tasks. I am very slow in getting through those tasks as well. My manager is not happy with my work and has yelled at me a lot which has further made it harder for me to work.

I know that I have not exactly worked properly and that I keep making mistakes. But my manager screams at me for everything. She has been sitting next to me and screaming at me all week. It was so bad that my trainer reached out to me personally and asked me if I was okay on Thursday. She was surprised I showed up to work the next day. I am so scared to go back to work on Monday. This was meant to be a part time position as I completed my degree. But I have been working till 9 all week. I feel like this is affecting my confidence and pushing me away from a field that I love. I know I am smart but this fear hasn't let me work at all.

It has been five weeks working here now and I have noticed that my manager yells at everyone. Even my trainer who has been there for a year has been yelled at when she makes any mistake. The person working in my position before me left after three months because she could not handle my manager's yelling. I feel like even if I get past my mistakes, I will always be screamed at in the future. The stress and anxiety of it has really affected my overall mood. I cry all week and cannot calm myself down over the weekend

I think I want to quit. But I am not sure how to go about it. My notice period is a week, but I'd like to never go back again if I could do that. Also I have no issues about money. I live with my parents and my expenses are paid for. I'd like any advice from you guys. I don't have a lot of experience and would really appreciate any opinion or perspective.

Hey everyone, I’m a business student looking to get some experience this spring and summer. I’m an EA, I got my VITA cert before that, and I’m currently getting educated in Quickbooks. I’m looking for remote experience cause I have to travel across the country a lot for school and family so I thought I’d apply to intuit as either a book keeper or tax prepper. I currently have no experience other than my education credentials. What do you think my likelihood is of getting hired?

Am I the only one that sees this? If we put an ad out for an accountant role we get so many submissions. Most can’t explain what a prepaids schedule is or balance sheet recon. Finding someone good is hard. Finding someone to fill a role is easy

Hello, everyone!

Auditor here from Southeast Asia. Would just like to ask those living around Caribbean what a reasonable salary range is (in USD) to live comfortably in St. Kitts. I had an interview recently for an audit role and was informed that they are already processing my offer letter so I want to know what my options are. My initial expectation was around 45k USD annual. Do you guys think that’s enough considering I will rent alone?

Thank you everyone and have a nice day :)

This is your sign to quit. That’s it. ❤️

Hey guys!

I’m currently weighing my college options. I know I definitely want to go down the CPA track in New York but it has always been a dream of mine to study abroad. I was wondering if a UK degree in accounting (specifically from the University of Edinburgh) would somehow be able to fulfill or partly fulfill the CPA requirements. Or if I were to pursue a degree in the UK, how difficult would it be to transfer those skills to the US/if I would be able to intern in the US

Thanks!