I'm curious how many others' experiences match mine in that being reliable, dependable, and productive just leads to more work for less pay and less time away from work. This has been true at every level and stage of my career to date (nearly 20 years) in both PA and industry.

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My experience is that being good leads to worse WLB and way more work being put on your plate . But also that the pay/promotions are better to match. Which one is more important to you is a personal choice.

Throughout my career I’ve been promoted at 2-3x the speed as others and have generally made 20-40% more than my peers at each level. However, I’ve also been ladened with 2-3x the workload and significantly higher expectations/responsibilities/knowledge and skill requirements to where the equation of: Reward / Effort is not much different than everyone else.

Said another way: working 40 hours per week for $150K is the same rate of return as working 80 hours per week for $300K. Which job would you rather have? Different people will have different answers, and may even change their answer depending on their phase in life

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If the raises and promotions were in line with the workload this would be different but that has not been the case in my career. I have been burdened with the extra work without the extra pay which has been a tough pill to swallow. To Tax Managing Director's comment, that has been the case. They save money underpaying me and then eat those savings immediately when trying to replace me when I eventually leave.

Same. I have to quit to ease the load then am replaced with 2-3 people

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How’s your salary, and did you ever get laid off?

KPMG 1, I know right?! One of the most frustrating things about the current remote job market is that so many companies low ball you if you don't live in a major metro with a higher COL. I am doing the same role, why am I shafted so much just because I choose to live somewhere more affordable? Current boss/managing partner just hired another person in a similar role to me (larger client in a specific industry) and is paying them over 50% more! I was already in full job search mode but that certainly didn't help the situation. ha

Yup, same here too.

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- fairly decent place to work (from someone who worked with the Vancouver and San Jose offices). never met a blue badger (permanent employee) who had awful things to say.

- Ashley Goodall (their SVP, Methods & Intelligence) co-authored a brilliant book on leadership and people management called “Nine Lies About Work” that makes me believe they can be an awesome place to work

Cons:

- red badgers had low morale since they’re contract workers and can be terminated at any time

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When you’re discussing the company on community pages like reddit, do you use your own name or the company name?

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I am in lot of confusion right now. On 5th of Jan was my scheduled joining but didn't received any invite link and when enquired got to know that my BGC is in progress. I checked with all the employers of mine and they seems to complied with all the requirements from TCS, still it is in progress. So I am not sure what to do? Please help me.

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how can I fix this?


PLEASE HELP 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Need Suggestion.

I am the only developer in my team and my manager has assigned me a project in which I need to create a tool from scratch although that is currently running in production build by third party and we don't have access to that code.

I am on notice period and I am 100% sure that project won't be completed before my LWD.

What should I do, I asked him to put some extra team members but he didn't agree, seems like he will add extra team members 2-3 weeks before my LWD.

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What are some good agencies in Amsterdam apart from WK?

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Do
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Are they really having some clients or projects in pipeline related to above said domain?

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Me as associate: can't wait to be senior and give most work to staff! Me as senior, with no staff: can't wait to be manager and give most work to seniors! Me as manager: READY FOR DISAPPOINTMENT

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