Staff Discussions
Benefits

Is it beneficial to have health insurance from both spouses, vs choosing the better one and opting out of the second? Why/why not? This seems like a silly question, but it’s our first time with both of us being staff in a decade. We have a kid, if that affects your answer.

Hello! I am graduating in the fall of next year with my B.S. in Accounting. I was offered a staff accountant position to start immediately at a small firm in Central Florida. The salary is $52k per year with decent additional benefits. Is this a good entry level salary?

Thanks!

Is $75K not enough for a staff tax accountant?

I have difficulties finding one. No CPA required, 100% remote, decent health insurance; and no one is biting. Two main requirements: understanding of income/franchise tax and good Excel (ideally - Power BI and or Alteryx). Does our recruiter suck or do we have unrealistic expectations?

Deciding between Deloitte and EY audit staff 1 positions in the Louisville area. Pay and benefits are equivilent.

Deloitte has plenty of private clients, while EY has multiple public. What are the benefits of each?

Chicago area EA Fishes! I am backfilling my current role at Paradigm Healthcare. It is an EA role, with some HR responsibilities and a path to Chief of Staff.

DM me if interested in specifics.

EY-ers and KPMG-ers and Baker Tilly-ers… what’s your inside take on your firm and how they treat contract staff/seniors? If I’m picking samples all day and rolling workpapers for higher dollars - I’m in. If I’m an isolated in-charge with no resources/benefits getting stuck with the shitty of the shittiest clients/audits… I’m out. What’s the word?

Thoughts on the gaming industry? I’ve been approached by a fairly big developer for a Chief of Staff role. The industry is an exciting space, but I know little to nothing on pay, benefits, trajectory, etc. Any insight?

L.E.K. is looking for lateral hires with 1+ YoE in consulting. There is a strong demand for Consultants (typically mid-tenured or post-MBA). Pay, healthcare, and other benefits are very competitive. DM me if you have recent consulting experience!

Hot take:
· No PMO, staff aug, implementation, or forced extracurriculars
· Only corporate strategy and commercial due diligences
· Projects are actually similar to the typical case interviews

L.E.K. is looking for lateral hires with 1+ YoE in consulting. There is a strong demand for Consultants (typically mid-tenured or post-MBA). Pay, healthcare, and other benefits are very competitive. DM me if you have recent consulting experience!

Hot take:
· No PMO, staff aug, implementation, or forced extracurriculars
· Only corporate strategy and commercial due diligences
· Projects are actually similar to the typical case interviews

First offer! Any advice on making a decision?

Offer: 110 tc for a Sr role at a smaller florida Healthcare company. Currently run by PE, planned SPAC soon.

Current: staff 2, ~75k in data analytics in northeast.

I think the move will be nice and also it's a nice comp increase. However I'll be getting promoted soon, and worried that jumping to a smaller company will hurt future prospects. Thoughts?

After seeing a number of posts about assigning work to staff & providing clear instructions, should it be done verbally v written, note-taking abilities of staff, etc., has anybody thought about recording a call or video for this? I feel like this could be very helpful, especially if there's screensharing with the WP in question open and navigated (obvs close out chats, disable notifications, etc.). Immediate & future benefits. Also, recordings could be used to send to off-shore teams as well.

So I’m excited I have three pretty solid options 1. Being a trust tax manager at a bank ( I’ve done banking/trust world before)
2. Contract to hire at a private equity firm 3. Staff accountant role at a healthcare company. Thoughts on these options?

Not sure if this has been discussed before, but what kind of health benefits do your firms offer? I’m at a small firm (<10 attorneys) and the firm covers all health insurance premiums for staff and associates (including spouse and family plans) and also covers half of our deductibles. We also get a fitness reimbursement up to $200 per month. Are those benefits standard across the industry?

Does consulting leadership see an existential talent “crisis” of sorts coming from covid? No travel has benefits, but we’ve never had so much churn before at the lower staff levels. No travel, points, and comped meals is basically associate payments that are no longer being paid out.

Anyone know if IPG as a network still grandfathers in time spent on staff at other IPG-owned agencies towards certain benefits, such as vesting in the 401(k) plan or vacation time?

How is your medical system deciding how to vaccinate healthcare providers, nurse and ancillary staff for Covid 19? Ours seems to be worried about optics and prioritizing is unclear to many of us who completed the attestation and willing to get vaccinated. While the rest of the country have started to vaccinate, we have yet to start vaccinations until tomorrow.

Baker Tilly - Healthcare Consulting Practice.
Anyone work in the healthcare practice, specifically life sciences? Have industry offers (would require relocation) and one from BT. Is work at BT just staff augmentation tasks or are you engaged in meaningful strategy, critical thinking projects?

Does anyone have any info about the program for very long-tenured IFS staff, where the firm will pay for your health insurance after you retire if you meet certain tenure requirements? Something like, if you’ve been with the firm for over 30 years by the time you retire. The firm may have discontinued this but some people are grandfathered in. Anyone have details?

Benefits of doing loan staff jobs?

Was let go as a staff 2 at 77k in September and currently have 3 offers in deciding between them. Would really appreciate any feedback. 1. 3rd year associate at PWC -HIA at 85k. 2. Transformation analyst at a big 3 automaker 83.5k 10% bonus. 3. Product development role at a healthcare startup. 100k 7.5k sign on and 7.5k bonus in 3 months. Potential 20% bonus at year end.

Just curious. What are everybody’s pension benefits out there? PwCs are fairly dismal for employees. 25% 401(k) match on first 6% deferred. Then a non elective contribution that varies by staff level. 3% for associates. 4% seniors. 5% for managers. 6% directors and then I think 8% for partners. What does everyone else get?

I applied for a job and received an offer from my client. 15k+ bump in salary, better benefits/remote work, and responsibilities will give me exposure to all areas of the organization (start up). The problem is that they’re looking to staff me as a Senior when I’m currently a Manager at DT. They said they’re flexible on title, but curious to hear how others have navigated similar situations. I would report directly to the controller and have 1-2 staff reporting to me...

Currently at one of the big tech firms. Been here for less than 2 years, enjoy it for the most part. Very comfortable as well with amazing benefits, decent WLB, and not bad pay. Would you leave this role for a 80% raise for a startup Chief of Staff role? Would go from around $140-160K TC to $250K but not sure if the instability, more hours, more limited career growth is worth it. (4 YOE out of UG)

Advice for handling someone trying to staff you as their paternity leave replacement while you’re interviewing for other jobs?

Do people have good examples of healthcare centers that provide daycare for clinical staff? Especially these days I could really use the help. I want to propose something our hospital can get set up quickly

If we actually did move to a single payer healthcare system (Medicare for all) and companies no longer offered healthcare plans, would you switch from staff to freelance?

Anyone here have contacts w/ healthcare administration staff (med directors, director of clinical affairs, chief of staff, etc.)? My SO is aphysician looking to transition into an administrative role.

What’s your Firm’s Retirement contribution/plan at various staff levels? Guidehouse is now only a 3% company match into your 401k. Guidehouse used to be 4.5% to 9.5% of your base salary.

How do you translate an on-staff salary with the usual benefits to a freelance day rate? Is there a rough formula? (Any finance or hr people in here willing to help me out?)
Thank you!

Is 15 days PTO too low for moving to a staff industry job? The pay and benefits are great, and I like the team/am interested in the role. Wondering if this is too light since Deloitte give has 20+

Smaller firms total staff of about 20-22. What’s average starting pay for someone fresh out of college? Benefits HI, retirement, HSA, PTO & probably one of the few firms that still offers comp time.

What are the benefits of being in a staff augmentation role at a client over traditional consulting projects?

Any consultants from Deloitte who can help to staff in a healthcare project? I’ve worked with healthcare clients for 10 years and relatively new to the firm.

Opinions on Crowe’s healthcare practice? Interviewing for senior staff consultant position if anyone has a comp range on hand

Does anyone know which big four office has a need for an experienced staff? I really want to be on healthcare/biotech clients

I’ve been switching between freelance and staff for 10 years. During that time, salaries have gone down, but freelance has gone up. With NYC laws now requiring healthcare, prompt payment, and (cont)