Just wish I had the power to make people give a crap about client deadlines. Wishing for an industry role.

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If you’re a senior manager then I would think you do have that power...

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You don’t have that power...not anymore.

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Internal deadline made and blown, about for the 2nd time

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When I was at the B4, deadlines were respected, but ever since I left and went to a mid tier national firm, they mean nothing unless it’s 3/15 or 9/15.

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Make an internal deadline. That’s what I do 90% of the time. Until year 3-4, there’s very little appreciation of deadlines

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If you think getting seniors/staff in PA to care is a challenge, you could be in for a rude awakening in many private industry settings.

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Your talking about seniors? How about you look at what’s on their plate and if these deadlines are reasonably possible without working like a robot for months on end. Spoken from a lower level, some managers have no idea how long stuff takes, and even how long it takes to get an associate level up to speed so that they are actually producing quality work rather than coaching and reviewing. Ultimately it is your responsibility to analyze your teams workload and see if it is actually feasible within the allotted time, and also consider that having three months to do something and nothing actionable comes in from clients until week 5 for all the engagements at the same time. Now it’s on you and the other staff/seniors to blaze through it all at less than average pay at staff/senior level pay (at the big 4). If you have honestly evaluated all of that and still think they just don’t care about deadlines then you can complain. Until then you are failing both servicing your clients and leading your teams effectively.

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