Left accounting for blue collar work in the union salary and benefits are better and less hours

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It's great if you can do it, but not everyone has that kind of physical stamina. Can be back-breaking work. My son-in-law has also mentioned of being drenched in sewage and other foul-smelling liquids at times. Just remember to save your money and figure a plan on what to do before your body starts to break down.

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Yeah if I ever tire out in the future I may go back to white collar when I’m older. I’m not happy with the direction accounting is going at all. Working crazy hours with no overtime and the job cuts

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Glad you found your calling. I still love being an accountant. And as a business owner, I can set my own hours. Harder to do that in a blue collar situation.

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Yes but I wasn’t in a position to open my own business. Audit is much harder to open a business than tax

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Ya you need 8,000 hours for a journeyman license, correct? That’s full time for 4 years working in plumbing for what I’m guessing is substantially less than $80? I’d love to do the same but I must be missing something here..

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Yeah so it’s a fair question but if you can survive the pay cut it may pay off. Some accountants do make more but it’s not many and the job security is very bad in accounting right now.

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Swell. Now let’s compare future upside.

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While the union fights for me the AICPA fights to lower your wages and get replaced by people from India. That’s the problem the AICPA is screwing everyone but the executives.

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I’m doing something similar, reservist going back to AD

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Never thought I would go back, but a few years at the big orange blob changed that

Which field? Whats the hourly rate and COL?

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KPMG 1. Yeah I’ve been interviewing for senior roles and the pay jumps just aren’t there any more. Even the bonuses I’m being offered are like 5% they used to be like 10-20%. Union hours are typically 7 - 3. I highly recommend it for people that are considering it.

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I come from the construction industry and ideally I’d like to go back. I loved working 5am-2pm my commute was 10 min in the morning and 15 in the afternoon. So awesome.

I’d say you could only if it makes sense. Non union salaries are not as comparable to accounting salaries

I left accounting to work in Procurement.

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