[Anonymous]

Or have some sort of actual weekly limit in terms of hours. Not only in accounting/finance, but in so many fields employers simply hire one individual for two jobs. Does anyone else feel this way? It’s pathetic when I work until 1 am some nights for no overtime. I feel like I’m being used.

[MustPass1988]

No kidding- my husband works in sales and is hourly plus he gets overtime on his commission too. The accounting profession needs to get it figured out!

AUD: PASSED [81]; Expired, retaking August 23rd
BEC: PASSED [83]; Expired, retaking July 11th
REG: PASSED [83]
FAR: FAILED [64]; Retaking May 23rd

[MustPass1988]

No kidding- my husband works in sales and is hourly plus he gets overtime on his commission too. The accounting profession needs to get it figured out!

AUD: PASSED [81]; Expired, retaking August 23rd
BEC: PASSED [83]; Expired, retaking July 11th
REG: PASSED [83]
FAR: FAILED [64]; Retaking May 23rd

[Mayo]

I don't mind it. If your skills are marketable you'll be able to eventually leverage that into a good situation.

Mayo, BBA, Macc

[Mayo]

I don't mind it. If your skills are marketable you'll be able to eventually leverage that into a good situation.

Mayo, BBA, Macc

[funtiks]

90-100 hour per week should be considered slavery

FAR - 76*, 73, 85
BEC - 69, 72, 78*, 80
AUD - 72, 71, 90
REG - 71, 74, 85

AFTER 3 YEARS I'M DONE!!!

[funtiks]

90-100 hour per week should be considered slavery

FAR - 76*, 73, 85
BEC - 69, 72, 78*, 80
AUD - 72, 71, 90
REG - 71, 74, 85

AFTER 3 YEARS I'M DONE!!!

[Gatorbates]

Can you bank hours? If not, then leave your company … unless your at a high enough salary to justify any potential OT.

Licensed Florida CPA:
B: 71, 73, 79
A: 83
R: 78 (expired), 77
F: 74, 74, 80

It's finally freaking over.

[Gatorbates]

Can you bank hours? If not, then leave your company … unless your at a high enough salary to justify any potential OT.

Licensed Florida CPA:
B: 71, 73, 79
A: 83
R: 78 (expired), 77
F: 74, 74, 80

It's finally freaking over.

[Mayo]

“90-100 hour per week should be considered slavery”

From Wikipedia:

“Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work.[1] Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation”

Look, we work hard, etc., but let's stop with the hyperbole ok? No one is forcing anyone to work 90-100 hours, and if you'd like you can quit and take a job elsewhere.

Mayo, BBA, Macc

[Mayo]

“90-100 hour per week should be considered slavery”

From Wikipedia:

“Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work.[1] Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation”

Look, we work hard, etc., but let's stop with the hyperbole ok? No one is forcing anyone to work 90-100 hours, and if you'd like you can quit and take a job elsewhere.

Mayo, BBA, Macc

[taxman89]

you are in accounting….if you are good at what you do there are plenty of opportunities. If you are consistently working 100 work weeks obviously you should look for a new job. there are plenty of jobs you can get that you work a hard 40 but guess what….they dont pay as much (shocker!!!). Bottom line, if you fell like you are not getting compensated fairly for the time you are spending (compared to similier positions not compared to our own (sometimes) inflated self worth) then you should either talk to your boss about it or look for another job. no one is forcing you to be there (slavery..please).

lastly its also important to remember that we are in one of the higher paying professional fields. there are many many many people working longer and harder hours that are getting paid substantially less.

my $.02 anyway

AUD - 75
BEC - 77
FAR - 78
REG - 82

AUD: 61-67-75 (Thanks ninja aud)
BEC: 77
FAR: 78
REG:69-73-70-82

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[taxman89]

you are in accounting….if you are good at what you do there are plenty of opportunities. If you are consistently working 100 work weeks obviously you should look for a new job. there are plenty of jobs you can get that you work a hard 40 but guess what….they dont pay as much (shocker!!!). Bottom line, if you fell like you are not getting compensated fairly for the time you are spending (compared to similier positions not compared to our own (sometimes) inflated self worth) then you should either talk to your boss about it or look for another job. no one is forcing you to be there (slavery..please).

lastly its also important to remember that we are in one of the higher paying professional fields. there are many many many people working longer and harder hours that are getting paid substantially less.

my $.02 anyway

AUD - 75
BEC - 77
FAR - 78
REG - 82

AUD: 61-67-75 (Thanks ninja aud)
BEC: 77
FAR: 78
REG:69-73-70-82

Aud-75 3x I knew i never liked you
Bec-77 1x being in the bubble is stressful
Reg-82 4x its not me its you...and no we cant be friends
Far-78 1x easiest section

[KBinMN]

One of the higher paid professional fields? Which fields are lower paying that nearly require a college degree and professional certification?

The problem is the employer has much of the power. You can't quit for 3-4 months out of the year because you'll look bad in job searches. It's hard to find a job April-August as many firms hired on their interns. And sure you can quit, if you can find something else. Or you could quit without having a job lined up and look bad in job searches.

I don't think banking time is much better. If you worked hourly you'd get at least time and a half for OT.

[KBinMN]

One of the higher paid professional fields? Which fields are lower paying that nearly require a college degree and professional certification?

The problem is the employer has much of the power. You can't quit for 3-4 months out of the year because you'll look bad in job searches. It's hard to find a job April-August as many firms hired on their interns. And sure you can quit, if you can find something else. Or you could quit without having a job lined up and look bad in job searches.

I don't think banking time is much better. If you worked hourly you'd get at least time and a half for OT.

[taxman89]

its one of the highest paid fields period. out of school you get paid more than just about any other major. The exception might be IT but there you are usually working as a contractor and still have consistent certs you need to get. Want to know why quitting 3 mons into a job looks bad? it shows that A, you had no clue what salary meant and were blown away by having to work 50(!!!) hours. or B. you did know what you were getting into and just decided to leave your former coworkers in a lurch.

“The problem is the employer has much of the power” that is because you are providing THEM with a service that is easily replaceable. lets look at some basic supply and demand economics shall we (because that is all a job/employee is). Entry level accounting is paid more than other entry level jobs (like say an entry level marketing position) because accounting is a more technical field (therefore less supply of accounting majors vs marketing. less supply=higher demand/salary). however withing that starting salary range if you end up on the high end you are going to be expected to be putting in more hours (higher salary=higher demand for the job=easy to be replace (ie they dont care about your feelings/work life balance)

on the other end of the scale are the companies and government jobs that work a hard 40 but pay you like crap (they are on the high end of the worklife balance=higher demand for their job=can get away with paying you less)

obviously there are exceptions (high worklife bal and high pay and low worklife bal low pay).

At this point in our career we are most price takers but the good thing about accounting/tax/audit is that as we become more specialized and technical we become less and less price takers and the talent pool shrinks (demand for us increases) and what we are able to demand also increase (in salary/worklife bal/ w/e)

anyway…this is prolly a convoluted mess that no one will understand but bottom line is you can always change jobs (prolly shouldnt during busy season or after 2 weeks as kbin pointed out) but esp in accounting you can always find another job, you are just going to h ave to give other things up to get the less hours (sal/location/ w/e)

anyway….my convoluted, long winded $.02

AUD - 75
BEC - 77
FAR - 78
REG - 82

AUD: 61-67-75 (Thanks ninja aud)
BEC: 77
FAR: 78
REG:69-73-70-82

Aud-75 3x I knew i never liked you
Bec-77 1x being in the bubble is stressful
Reg-82 4x its not me its you...and no we cant be friends
Far-78 1x easiest section

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