Any controllers in here? If so what industry are you in and how do you enjoy it. I’ve always wanted to be a controller but not sure that’s still a goal as of yet.

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I work as a Controller for a hotel management company. I have 7 hotels that I am responsible for. I have had good assistants throughout my time there. I like knowing my tasks and duties that I am responsible for, however been there a long time, and a little bit burned out. We close every month and there isn't flexibility in time off the 1st two weeks of the month. The 3rd week you are busy catching up on normal tasks and completing balance sheet recs. If you take PTO, your work is waiting for you when you get back. So the work life balance kind of sucks.

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How is the pay

@ OP, yes. I spent 10 years active duty and 10 years in the reserves. I don't receive my military pension until I turn 60 years old. In the AF, I did inventory management / logistics. I wanted to try accounting for my second career, because I enjoyed accounting in high school and college for some reason! ;-)

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wow... that's really impressive background. I hated accounting in the beginning, but have come to a point where I understand why things are done this way.

@ Amazon1, pay is decent. I live and work in North Carolina, so pay is okay for cost of living here. This is my second career, spent 20 years in the Military. Too many work hours to meet deadlines though.

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Just out of curiosity. You spent 20 years in the military and decided to pick up another career after all that?

Pisted some cool controller roles at big4transparency.com/jobs

I was one at a small company until about 6 months ago, it was a shitshow when I joined but thought I could turn it around. A year later it was still a shitshow and I was burnt out and miserable. Definitely be careful about checking the state of things you’re walking into

@ op, how long have you been an accountant?

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