Know any personally?
you a CPA as well?
be like "fuck it, I'm out."
Welcome to being publicly traded?CPA firms aren't typically public, they are owned by the partner group.
CPA firms aren't typically public, they are owned by the partner group.Ah, missed that.
I'm not seeing the point in me graduating with a bachelors in Accounting now. All I hear on the Accounting subreddits are how underpaid public accountants are despite having a CPA or CFA. You work for shitty pay for 10 years and at best you make partner making 100k+. Is it worth it? If I take a 100k loan to finish my graduate at a 7-10% interest rate (what the banks will give me with my credit), I'll be living paycheck to paycheck with a 60k salary.Unless you are working at a microscopic firm or in the lowest cost of living possible you'll be making over $100+ within 5 years. If you make partner you'll be making many times that.
Every single AR/AP entry level job that pays $20-22 an hour requires 3 years of accounting work experience. Am I expected to work at $15 an hour for 3 years while I have debt from my undergraduate degree? The math doesn't work out. Tell me how this works. Anyone please.
I majored in accounting because I wanted to avoid taking Calc 2, 3 and Linear Algebra. I also thought the job would give me stability with a steady paycheck that matches with inflation. Now I might suck it up and take those courses and move onto majoring in Finance or Business Admin with a focus on computer information systems instead.
Maybe entrepreneurship is the way to go now. Instead of going to graduate school, maybe I'll use that loan money to start up a business. I'm so confused. Man... life is tough.
Sadly, yes. They already gave me names that I'm suppose to give the bad news to...on my fucking day off.
That decision is very much a profit before employees one.
Profit before even the success of the business.Because CPAs are beaten dogs conditioned to just put in more hours to get things done. Especially if it's January-April. It's literally part of the culture.
How do you expect to have a successful tax season if you don't have enough accountants to handle client volume?
I thought the economy is supposed to be amazing right now.
Welcome to being publicly traded?
CPA firms aren't typically public, they are owned by the partner group.Yeah similar to law firms it would lead to unavoidable conflicts of interest if an accounting firm was publicly traded. Imagine you finally land the Tesla contract and Elon Musk buys 10% of your stock. Nobody is going to believe your work is 100% legit, even if you're literally a Biblically accurate angel.
this is a bit off topic, but i almost wonder if i missed my window to get an Accounting gig, I haven't been trying for one since I have a relatively comfortable job, doesn't pay a ton, but I get to WFH and it pays enough for what I need. But it's not actually in the Accounting field, and when I was in university 2 years ago, I never managed to get an internship, not for lack of trying. I just dunno if I'd even be able to get in entry level if something happened to my job.I guess it depends where you are, in atlanta it seems they will hire damn near anyone.