I’m a new associate this fall with my next CPA exam approaching at the beginning of December. Am I allowed to tell my teams I need a hard stop at 5pm so I can adequately prepare? I’m feeling really stressed about all my client work and trying to make time to study.

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This is kind of a judgment call only you can make. I would start my telling your manager/senior that you have your CPA exam on x-date (see if they're sympathetic) then ask if it's possible for you to have a somewhat flexible work schedule to allow you to study. 5PM might be perfectly fine, but they may ask you to work later and you'll have to roll with it

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Yeah depends how they are. I had shitty ones and were like yeah you can study after 8 pm. Because they expected me to work 12 hours

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