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Hello fishes, need help in finding a suitable job change for one of my relative. She is an Associate at Cognizant with 7.5 years of experience. Her experience domain is in functional testing and manual testing. Her preferred job location is Kolkata.
Any leads would be very much helpful. TIA
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Hello All, I have one question. I was a fresher and joined one organization as external employee with third party payroll. I worked as external payroll for 1 year then I became permanent employee of organization was working. When i was a fresher my salary was below tax slab so my external exployer did not generate any form 16 for me. When tried to switch my new organization wants me to submit form 16 as BGC process. Will my offer get reverted?Cognizant Tata Consultancy HCL Technologies Accenture
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@Associate Manager 1... It might be that you just haven't made it exist for you? If you're sick of someone breathing down your neck, tell them to chill out. If your staff needs babysitting, coach them better and set clearer expectations. If you're working 70 hours a week, delegate more tasks. If you don't want to travel, just say no.
You can scoff at my suggestions, but not everyone has ppl breathing down their neck, has to babysit staff, works 70 hours a week, and travels. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I have yet to meet someone who says they regret leaving public accounting. The salary growth thing is also definitely a myth to keep you in public. And if you're really worried about this, just leave on good terms since you can always come back.
^ no offense, but sounds like you've been drinking the kool-aid. Most people don't want to become controllers so better to move on to find out what you want to do.
PS: Leave and never look back.
What flexibility? I laugh every time I hear someone in public say that. I had much more flexibility in industry where deadlines were more lax, no one was breathing down my neck, I didn't have staff who needed babysitting, and I didn't have to work 60-70 hours a week, or travel like its nobody's business. I don't think people know what flexibility is. Flexibility in Big 4 is something people like to talk about, but it doesn't exist.
^agreed, haha. "According to some studies I read", lol😂. According to some studies I have read there is no difference in longterm pay if you leave at senior or manager. If you don't like it leave, just be good at what you do and the money will work out whether you stay or leave. I would argue it better to leave if you don't like public b/c finding something you enjoy will cause you to perform better. Good luck !
@PwC -1 made it exist? You sound like that's an option. Most teams in public aren't that accommodating and you know that. Everyone in public knows that (or they are lying to themselves and others). If you've found that unicorn, great for you. That isn't the norm. If you're just going to say no to all these things you've highlighted, why not leave and find what you want somewhere else? Public accounting is NOT the end-all-be-all of accounting careers, no matter how much of that BS "they" try to feed you. There's more out there, folks. Life's too short.
Several people in my office left after getting manager and then came back because they missed the flexibility. Could be market specific, as I'm in a smaller a market and probably have less "good" exit opportunities.
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Thank you all. I gotta agree with most people here. I'm not interested in becoming controller anyway so I rather jump in now and learn the technical than look at unnecessary amounts of samples all day
Think it was a Bloomberg article with aicpa data. If you don't want to be in industry management leave when u like. But if u want to be in a management position I find it better to lateral at manager granted you aren't miserable etc
Leaving before manager is usually like throwing 1m of lifetime earnings away according to some studies I read. You cap out on what you can do. Like if you leave as a senior you may get a controller position but it will (a) take time or (b) be with a very small company and probably can't get a cfo position for a long time. As a manager you can usually lateral into industry into either position
Another question: what are typical roles people jump to after B4 audit senior ? Don't have as much technical accounting knowledge so alittle worried about the future. Panicking ensued
I don't know what I want to do. But I know I am building value while I am here figuring it out.