Am I the only one tempted? 100k a year to work at in and out... sounds way better than 110k for a lot harder job with grueling hours and student debt. There is a reason not many want this career path anymore. The hours, the pay, the miserable life for what? an extra 10k at most?

Which SF neighborhoods to consider? Lady 🐠 looking for safe 1br with public transit / walking accessibility to FiDi and not far from SFO. Hoping to spend $3k-$3300, but could go up to $3500.

Hi,
I have a couple of questions -
1. What is the average bonus pay for WM division ? I asked HR and he did not quote any range.
2. How long it takes to promote to 602 given an average to above average performer.
Thanks

Does anyone work at at Merrill Lynch as a Life services relationship consultant? Any info on the pay?

Have been offered 07B grade in ibm..
Wat will be the roles and responsibilities.?
Stack : Oracle ERP
YOE : 7.5

I’m envious of the big status and points you international travelers get. I’ve always wondered how you get to travel internationally - just luck of the draw w projects? Or are you more senior?

Diamond medallion on Delta. They lost my bags on the outbound (3 with my wife who is Plat) and inbound flights (1) on a trip to Europe. How many points should I expect? Any advice to deal with this?

Do consultants within Huron's Life Sciences practice (e.g., Senior Associate, Manager levels) typically travel to client site Mon - Thu?

Good consulting books? Not talking case prep but a fun read about the industry and what it takes to succeed, etc. Thank you!

It's that time...🦃

What's one thing you're super grateful for in your life or career at the moment?

Drop it below! 👇

After spending 40 yrs in education. As a special Ed high school teacher, what kind of part time job can I do either from home or close by?

Has anyone used RCN internet? If so what were your thoughts? About to move into an apt in LIC and they are offering a deal with RCN for first 6 months but I’ve never heard of RCN.

Does anyone want a ticket to the Mets/Phillies game

Anyone have a CFE designation and taken the test recently? Debating about getting it wasn’t sure if it’s worth it.

Do hedge funds people have better schedule than PE people?

Our audit team is looking for ideas on how to use Alteryx in our audit. I’m currently an authorized user of PowerBI, but would love to learn Alteryx. How have y’all used it, and did it gain efficiencies?

Anyone have any guidance on how the Roe v Wade situation has played out at work? Anyone come into any issues with Partners? Or anyone impressed with new policies they’ve brought in to accommodate the issue?

Pros/cons of having both a manager and senior manager on a job?

Hi Fishes,
Any updates on the Novartis hiring restart ?

Unfortunately was dragged into an audit despite the fact I don’t work in audit. Why does audit RM say yeah your hours will be 50 hours/week when you’ll have to work way more to do the audit. Seems very dumb - if you have work do it, if not don’t work…

Anyone have insight as to what this new audit role at KPMG entails? Strategic Growth Delivery Center - Asset Management

What tools are y’all using for anything digital innovation related and what type of work are you using them for?

Why do people accrue prepaid expenses?

Could someone explain what finance closing process is? I passed CPA and have audit experience but I don’t really understand how industry accounting cycle works :( What does it mean to close the books? Are they referring to 12/31 deadline? Do all JE have to be recorded within this date? How does one close it?

How many people get promoted to S1 from A2? Didn’t do well in A1.

Hi, anyone get their CIA after finishing up CPA? I’m currently trying to finish part 2 of the 3 exams, and I’m finding the study material Gliem provides doesn’t help much with part 2.

Partners: we've heard a bit about your income. Can we talk penalties: internal review failure, PCAOB failure, massive losses, lost clients, ethics issues ... How do the firms handle these?

What do senior associates in Chicago make?

Starting to see a lot of compensation threads and even within the same city, the variance of salary is really noticeable. I didn’t expect the spread to be this high, especially in high COL areas.

How much of the wkp from a predecessor auditor can you get access to? Also, do they just let you look at it or will they give you access to it for a specific length of time to look over it

Anyone have advice for a first year about to start? Things you wish you did, things you wish you didn’t do?

Got picked up for a client yesterday around 1 and was not only asked to stay late last night but to also finish my workpaper today. Prior to this no one I’ve heard at my firm has ever had to work on a Saturday. Oh, and this was my first week. Am I wrong to be annoyed with this?

I prepared an analysis of my jobs (acting as manager) comparing actual realization to budgeted and was told I shldnt be looking at that. Shouldnt performance to budget be a metric mngrs are eval’d on?

For the Auditors out there. How are yall auditing PPP loans for nonprofits? Should they be recording them as revenue?

BakerTilly people, what application do you use to prepare your financial statements? Do you use word/excel?

What month is promotion month at different firms?

Does anyone actually like fund accounting? What are the upsides? Any thoughts on what the bonus payout would be at a NYC fund with 2bill AUM. 3 years of work experience.

Senior revving up to manager promo. Only nervous about one thing at the manager level which is having to answer pointed “Why??” questions from higher up clients on live calls. Any one else work through something like this? I’d appreciate any tips or suggestions as I really suck at dealing with unexpected push back.