Man, I am so tired of the whole concept of timesheets, billable hours, utilization, etc. that is public accounting.

Hadn’t noticed this sub before, and most of the threads are old so thought I’d ask a follow up - how has everyone been handling parenting with public accounting? I’ve got a toddler and my wife is an accountant (industry), and we only have a few immediate family in the country- but they have health concerns. Busy season was rough, things are looking better now as things return to normal. Still working crazy hours if you count the daycare duties on top of utilization targets.

We stay until 8 or 9 everyday and then at the end of every week my manager tells me to book only 40 hours. It sucks ass and now I have to explain to my counselor why my utilization is so pedestrian...

How does your firm measure utilization? I work for a small boutique that defines it as utilization = number of billable hours/2,080 and full bonus payout occurs at 80% plus.

I'm 6 months old at D! Planning early promotion next year.. counselor and pm both are backing me.. I need to go to India for at least 4 weeks in Dec ... most probably would be rolling off from current project by then .. would this vacation hurt my promotion chances coz of utilization etc?

Is it just me or the average billable work in infrastructure transactions has blown off steam in the last couple of weeks?

I wish admin utilized Tier 1 supports with teachers. Smiles, appreciations and acknowledging ones efforts would do a great deal to boost morale and climate. I just don’t understand what that is so hard to do.

Any insight into Jackson Lewis NYC office? Compensation, billable hours, WLB? I would be a 2-3 year

How many billable hours do people in prosecution tend to average each month? I’ve gone through waves of feeling like my billable hours requirement is reasonable to feeling like I’m drowning and can’t possibly do it for that long.

I currently work at a medium sized firm and have about two years experience in personal injury litigation. The billable hours and lack of work life balance are really getting to me and I am looking to switch to something else out of litigation, preferably in house. I am also looking to relocate to a different state. How do I go about properly marketing myself to companies that might not take my relocation and minimal experience seriously?

Did the billable hours bonus not get paid out today? Or is it to be paid in the next check?

Mental health is busy, looking for tips to help manage tasks, currently I supervise 12 therapists in 3 different departments that are all different with unique dynamics in each dept. I still carry a small caseload on top of this. I'm struggling with my patients and worry I am not giving them my best, I wax and wane between focusing on patients and therapists. Looking for advice navigating this type od conversation with my leadership, we have all been asked to work on increase billable time...

I had one of those VERY nonproductive days today. I think I accomplished maybe an hour of billable work, even though I had a bunch of stuff to do. I just came off a 300 hour month, and unexpectedly got a continuance on a deadline on Wednesday, and it’s like all of my motivation leeched out of me at once.

Controversial question - what are some roles/functions to avoid at Google for ex-management consultants, in terms of potential under-utilization of skills and limited career progression? Common exit opps tend to be in StratOps, PMM, PgM/Solutions Consultant, roles in Sales; would anyone not recommend any of these roles?

I heard so much about minimum billable hours here by staff. I never saw that email. Is it inly for certain groups?

There is almost nowhere to find reliable bonus information on Canadian firms. I’ve heard of year end bonuses ranging from 10-50% this year (not including Covid bonuses). Let’s start a thread posting year of call, rough billable hours worked and bonus as a percent of salary.

5 year call. 1850 hours. 10%.

What are ways to deal with high latency mricroservice in a given region. Given that it's Cpu utilization is not exhausted.. So no vertical scaling ???

So, what happens if you miss your utilization/billable hour target by like 70-150 hours? Tons of "impactful" PRD work

What were some challenges y’all faced this week?

I’ll start. Trying to get non local resources utilized. National Leadership thinks this is the answer to our problems but local leadership is hesitant.

In the last PDM town hall, they said they were going to lower utilization targets for those that work on projects with capped hours. For those people, have you seen your utilization target lowered? I haven’t seen shit change for me.

Here's a question I wish I never had to ask. Is it better to use the code for bereavement leave or just burn pto I'm going to lose anyway? Does it make a difference from a utilization standpoint?

Hi all! I’m looking for recommendations for team building activities in Charlotte. In particular, activities for a smaller team. Located close to Uptown would be an advantage.

It’s been a while since I’ve done one so wanted to see what other people are enjoying these days!

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How many locations does Tiger Analytics have?

What’s a good exit from FDD that does not travel, less meetings, decent comp & wlb?

To reduce attrition, The Great Tata Consultancy Services has discontinued the udemy courses from it's learning platform.

If people doesn't learn, they will not get job elsewhere. 10000% usage of brain.

What are the projects available at wipro gurgaon Location?

Maybe this is the socialist in me but shouldn’t Moderna and Pfizer waive their patent exclusivity for their Covid vaccines? Don’t we have a moral obligation for the world to vaccinate as many people as quickly as possible?

It blows my mind that many countries won’t be able to vaccinate most of their people until 2023. There should be access to vaccine generics

I have an annual membership to tryexponent for FAANG and tech prep. I don’t need the membership anymore and have about 6-8 months. I can share my creds for $60. The content was extremely helpful, I made it to Amazon. Let me know if anyone’s interested

Anyone out there use Assistments? If so, what has your experience been?

I keep watching Schitt's Creek reruns now and then. It makes me feel warm and mushy, but also super lonely. So tired of being perpetually single. I know it's been posted about here a bunch of times before but it still sucks. Venting and knowing you're not alone, helps a tiny bit. =) Also does anybody else thing Patrick is essentially just a 'too good to be true' fantasy boyfriend Dan Levy dreamed up and put on the show?

Leaving firm and thinking about what to do with my 401k. Any reason not to roll it over to my own IRA vs leaving as is or moving to new company 401k?

Hi fishes,

I am working as analyst in kgs consulting team with total 5 years of exp. I have got an offer letter from accenture with 10lpa + variable. The role is of senior analyst in technology side.
My current compensation is 6.5 and manager ia saying that they will promote and increse my salary.
What should i do? Please suggest.

What are your go to sources for news? I am considering subscribing to The Ken.. is it worth it? Alternative suggestions welcome.

Hello Deloitte USI pune, I am looking a single/double occupancy room near deloitte kharadi office. Have any leads?

When traveling for business how do you find while eating out alone enjoyable or the food doesn't taste as good as being surrounded by friends and family?

what would be salary range for a s1 in core tax transferring to hcol m&a tax?

Just crafted a wonderful email to the client detailing information on how much tax they aren't gonna pay, all I get is "thanks".

When will I gain the skills necessary to be a senior? I’m coming up on my A2 year and I literally feel like a huge dunce. Can’t imagine taking on senior responsibilities. (audit btw)

Can I apply for client’s posting position while I ‘m a loan staff? I will be doing the same thing as what I’m doing now!

Matter likely to receive media attention

To those in leadership, no PBB is what it is, but to blame it on COVID-19 is just a slap in the face...2-3 weeks of working from home doesn’t kill the fiscal year when we’re 9 months in....

Been reading a lot about how fbook manipulates timelines. Started an experiment where I'm liking post I wouldn't normally like. Kinda excited to see how it turns out 🤓. Has anyone done this before?

So my FAR passing grade expires in November and I am taking my last section BEC in October but won’t get the grade till December after my FAR grade expires. I won’t have to retake FAR will I?

Is it bad if I already find myself disliking my job 1 month in? Did anyone feel this way at first and then grow to like what they do?

Does anyone ever use their overtime meal to buy something else when at Walmart or Supertarget?

Anyone went to the Propel program before? How was it?

For advisory peeps that travel - what are some tips and tricks to reduce travel stress, aside from getting TSA pre-check? Any advice?

What happens if you have negative balance of PTO

Can someone kindly explain budgets and billings for audit?

Did someone get fired in the new manager training in Orlando after getting drunk?

We stay until 8 or 9 everyday and then at the end of every week my manager tells me to book only 40 hours. It sucks ass and now I have to explain to my counselor why my utilization is so pedestrian...

What's the round tables timeline for NE Audit?

People who are single/live alone, how much a week do you spend on groceries, food, and alcohol? I feel like I average around the $100 mark and not sure if that’s reasonable.

Do Marriott Gold Elite no longer have lounge access?

What is the Protiviti senior consultant 1 salary? Also thoughts on Protiviti vs West Monroe?

Thinking having a 24’ HD and a 28’ 4K monitor setup. Is 4K for excel not necessary? How about 28’ monitors?