Clients getting worse and worse.

Smaller budgets, less client-wrangling, more work and higher volume of work.

Continue to ask how much longer account management will exist at this rate.

This may be a broad question, but what would you describe as 1st year associate work? 2nd year? 3rd? And partner work?
Also would like to know size of firm in responses.

I’ve worked in PA for almost 2yr and have got my CPA. However, there are times when I feel like my brain is so slow when understanding client’s JE flow esp when it comes to accrual/reserve and where manual AJEs are involved etc. I feel like understanding accounting in the context of audit is different from doing the actual corporate accounting. Sometimes I feel like a fake accountant LOL

After 1 month of BGV doc submission I have not received any communication. HR says to check after some time.
What to do? Is this usual?
Do I get any confirmation on completion of BGV?

Any recommendations on how to find a roommate in NYC?

Have a 2 BR in midtown east, if anyone is looking! I’m a pretty easy going 25 year old M looking to have fun in NYC outside of work. Clean and respectful. Classic hobbies... gym, sports, trying restaurants, etc

Now that the craziness of 2021 is firmly in the mirror, what is your class year and when do you normally stop working at night, on average? For me 6 to 7 is the average. Have to wake up at 5 or 6 a.m. one or two days a week to make that happen though and it may not last through Q4..

For appraisal in jan, employees who joined after which month will be considered? I am joining citi in feb. Will i considered for next year appraisal cycle??

I started interviewing early Oct with a company that reached out via recruiter. The hiring manager was very straight forward with me that I was his top candidate and I was told all other interviews were very positive incl CMO. The recruiter said they'd be making an offer but it's now been three weeks. Anyone else had the process drag on like this? Meanwhile I'm taking other interviews and was offered a promotion at current company, but was very interested in this one. What would you do?

Wondering if anyone has had experience with the tech excellence program at Booz Allen? I was hired a month ago in commercial consulting and now they are asking me to do the tech excellence program. I read some pretty bad things about it and am pretty confused

Is it good to join as project manager in hcl with 12 yoe?. My top priority is for job security and wlb.

Hello Team,

Please let me know how to remove CID from Accenture portal. I appiled in Accenture through a referral but now status is showing as " we don't have suitable position". Thanks

Hi fishes
I got an offer from Accenture today night
Fixed 6.5 for management level 11
Can someone please help me is it a fair offer?
And there is no any discussion happened with me regarding salary
Please help me

Question fellow fishes: How long do we actually think fintech is going to dominate? When it comes to substantial wealth, security outweighs convenience. Seems to me like people reach an upper limit with fintech apps before switching over to traditional banks and firms. What say you?

Do hours and intensity differ when working in NYC tax for a small city office?

Where can I prepare for Frontend Interview (React-JS-HTML-CSS) along with some coding part. Can someone help me wtih any specific site or something

Can we use the wellness benefit (500 at 75%) for Garmin GPS watches?

Hey all!
I’m wondering if anyone is interested to consider / explore making a referral. I’m an associate (project manager) at Oliver Wyman in London on our private capital team (leading DDs). Previously worked at a PE fund and for a long time as a development economist in sub Saharan Africa. Degrees from UChicago and LBS. Based in London.

I mainly want to impress that I am not going to embarrass you as a referral.

Can we really just not with April Fools ads? So cringe inducing, so bandwagon-y, so god damn corny & depressingly expected...🤢

What about Italy? Anyone working there?

I need infographic tips please!

Well, we were the only team on a pitch. We won and still have to hear my boss complaining about me.

Upvote if you're from Belgium and need to create stuff that work in 3 f*cking languages for less than 12.000.000 people 🇧🇪

So Q1 has been abnormally weak for agencies across the board, right? Is it fair to say Trump is finally starting to effect the economy?

I’m a strategist interested in branding shops like interbrand. But I hear they aren’t doing well these days since everyone claims to be a brand consultant. Also I’m curious about the work

Whomever is doing the tv placement for Advocate Healthcare in Chicago: do you have to have the ad going every other commercial? If I hear “come on get healthy” one more time, I’m leaving the state.

How did your agency handle layoffs? All-agency meeting before they started? After they ended? Both?

Kinda sorta trying to predict if I’m losing my job tomorrow.

Looking for senior designers that knows shopper marketing. Please DM with books!

Has anyone received a job offer after being initially ghosted by recruiter? How long did you not hear from them? Feeling down after not hearing anything for 2 weeks after a round of seemingly promising interviews.

Practical advice on how to deal with a mansplaining colleague?? 🙄

Remember The Woo? Yeah, me neither. Well, they cut everyone’s pay (except mgmt of course) by 1/4 to get the small biz gov loan, and used it to hire a $500k/yr mgmt head. Agency still working barebones

A few years in and I’m finding that the people who have made their entire persona “advertising creative” are secretly the most miserable. I’m taking it as a lesson to treat this as a job and not a calling because it’s ultimately pretty empty.

I’m considering making a jump from planner to analyst. Thoughts? Anything I should know?

I’m feeling drained. Unmotivated, uninspired, & bored. My job takes all of my mental energy, but I can’t start looking for anything new yet. Any advice on how to handle a job that makes you miserable?

I know, I know I shouldn’t complain but it HATE my job. My mental health has never been worse. And I’m so so beyond unhappy. Any advice to get through this seeing as the job market might be difficult to navigate at this time?

Anybody have success requesting to go from 100% on one account to 50/50 or at least floating around a bit more? Any tips welcome 🙏

What do you do if you hate your partner?

With the way this week has been going, Friday 13th with a harvest moon seems downright dangerous 🌚 halp