I have an offer that matches my current pay but includes a higher bonus. I’m thinking about quitting because I can’t keep up with the long hours, but the new role is in a different industry. Would it be stupid to make this change? I’m comfortable with my current team, and I’m afraid of stepping out of my comfort zone.

So grateful I have my GC and orange cheeto can’t get me now!
F-1 to H-1 to GC to Citizenship ✈️ 🧚🏾
- Brown Tinkerbell

I have an annual membership to tryexponent for FAANG and tech prep. I don’t need the membership anymore and have about 6-8 months. I can share my creds for $60. The content was extremely helpful, I made it to Amazon. Let me know if anyone’s interested

Doing FET with my husband; we just found out our ideal egg donor has available lots! It has been a struggle to find a compatible donor, but it looks like we made it!

Thought on coaching as a viable side gig? Who has done it?

Does anyone work in EC/VC (whether at a firm, a fund, or at a start-up)? I’m a general corporate associate and thinking of lateraling to a firm that focuses on this type of work, with the goal being to eventually go in-house. Would love to hear about any experiences.

Anyone working at Raytheon or lockheed . Applied for several positions and nothing. Currently transitioning to civilian life and job hunting

Any art directors/sr designers who have successfully pivoted out of a creative role and into something else? Ive been working in visual design for 10 years and I am BORED but have no idea what i could be doing instead. The politics and subjectivity of doing corporate creative work has left me feeling drained. I never want to have another conversation about making something 10 pixels bigger. Tell me how you got out, im desperate for inspiration.

Producers, how do you handle malfunctioning FX, location problems-demos that won’t work as planned. Car shoot snafu’s, talent problems etc. What are your best problem solving episodes?

Anyone have Chairman's club status with Avis or Platinum with Hertz? How are the benefits compared to Presidents with both Hertz and Avis

Amazon is hiring a lot of migration specialist ,could anyone refer me ? Also what is the package they offering

I can't believe they still haven't caught the person who planted pipe bombs during the 1/6 attacks.

When and how do you push back on people senior to you? Fifth year dealing with supersenior associate (11th year) who completely lacks good judgment & common sense. One of those super smart but impractical types. As just one example, he recently called me to tell me to call someone who’s on vacation and ask them to send a calendar invite. I offered to send myself but apparently that wouldn’t work (presumably because it would be efficient & make sense.) At what point (and how) do I Just Say No?

If someone goes to Dubai as a third party contracter for job, is it still possible to get a job in India and come back.?

Just got the tentative government offer_ does anyone have tips on negotiating steps when hired? I understand GS level is not negotiable.

Say I work in tech and have a decent finance experience. Would my 3 yoe of domain "expertise" in tech make me an attractive bet for the banks Tech coverage team? In other words, does having experience in Tech make me more hireable for IBD?

What types of threats are your organizations seeing a rise in since COVID-19 and WFH?

Currently job hunting with sponsorship to Canada, AU or anywhere. I am a Software Engineer based in the Philippines with 17 years of industry experience. I'm currently leading a team in a fintech company. I'm technology agnostic and have worked with different platform from smalltalk to react, I can work both front and back end. Please PM me if you have any opening and can accomodate me. thanks!

Am I understanding utilization rate correctly? It’s chargeable time over total time? Charged 40 hours and had 10 hours non-charge so my utilization is 80%? If so, wouldn’t it benefit me to understate non-charge hours so my utilization is higher since they only really care about chargeable time anyways? Charge 40 hours still but only put 5 hours non-charge for utilization to be 89% instead of 80%? Or am I misunderstanding how utilization works?

Once a vaccine is found (assuming it'll be in the next 12 months) how long do you think it'll take the economy to rebound?

Tax - can I remain on the manager level permanently? Do they start to give below rating year on year since you are an experienced manager now and it was expected out of you so measuring against new managers/peers would be difficult?

What’s Deloitte’s Chicago Tax practice like?

Anyone in HNW 1040/trust/family office at Marcum? What’s culture like? Pros/cons?

What are typical year over year industry increases like? Obviosuly different for every company but just looking for general averages.

Processing time for cpa license in MA?

Why do we pay tax at all if the Fed can just print $$$$ from thin air?

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Do you play phone games during busy season?

Anyone get to the end of the week and see the amount of hours you billed and think “what did I actually do all that time”? Idk maybe I have bad memory.

Does companies retain you and bump your existing ctc by 80% to match offer in hand??

Do you all see a compelling future in your tax career? I’ll go first, I don’t see a compelling future working for a large PA firm in the long run because you have to work more as you move up. However, I do see a compelling future by using my knowledge and skills to open my own firm/business and work less hours as long as I make enough money which is $75k, or if I do work long hours, it’s because I want to.

Anyone looking for new opportunities with middle market firms after the 9/15 or 10/15 deadline? Message me if you are interested in BDO. Most tax positions are still fully remote or flexible. Busy season you average around 55 to 60 hours, rarely goes over 65.

Do you feel like turnover has now diminished after this busy season or will it kick up again as we approach the next one?

At this point, I'm wondering if most firms have hired enough people or they are still on the lookout due to shortage.

For a 2-year associate now tasked with senior-like roles such as reviewing and training, does anyone have advice on how to review individual hnw tax returns?

DM me for referrals!

Recruiter is telling me that fund administrators pay more than private funds at SM/Director levels. Are people seeing this? I always thought it was the other way around

Where do I steer my career? I’m an introvert and someone who suffers from PTSD from my time on active duty. I honestly have no real desire to really go to an office and spend half my day pretending to be social and develop “relationships”. I honestly just want to bury myself in the work. Im not interested in happy hours or office golf functions and pizza parties. What is my best bet to staying in tax but also just doing my work and not having to participate in all this extra stuff?

What big firms let you get to manager and above with an MBA and/or EA for tax?

Let’s hear it: how many hours a week are you working from now til April?

Need to feel better about my schedule 😅