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Advice needed - boyfriend has almost 3.5 years of finance experience at a bank. Interviewed for PwC valuation senior associate and now recruiter says they want to hire him at “experienced associate” because he has no valuation experience. Is this too big of a step backwards in career? Should he push back and see if it gets him anywhere? If he does accept Associate, is it reasonable to ask for written, definitive timeline (1 year?) for promo to Senior upon meeting standards? Help!
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If you have serious personal issues, you should communicate them and take your time off. Nobody will judge a senior staff dealing with something serious that needs some time off.
But, a senior staff will get judged if they have a lot of time sensitive deliverables and they request time off a week in advance with no explanation.
I took the next day off when my car broke down . Idgaf I need my personal life squared ASAP so it doesn’t bleed into my work life.
Take the time. But communicate. If you have big projects due, try to finish them up or see if you can loop someone in to wrap up. Don’t leave your team stranded because it will come back to haunt you after your time off-people get upset and hold grudges. I personally try to not have people on my projects that just go MIA without a reason/note.
It’s not busy season and being an accountant can’t be your entire life. I’d be honest with your boss and say that you need time to sort out personal issues that are currently distracting you from your work. Unless you’re leaving them in the lurch for a huge project, I cannot see why a boss would say no to a reasonable request.
Yes, and thankfully I was at a firm that understood the value of taking care of yourself personally before worrying about work. So I didn’t run into these issues that other commenters mentioned with people holding grudges. I made sure to update everyone I was working with on the status of my projects with them before I took off.
I would like to think people have hearts and would understand. If not, that’s not a place you should be working at.
Take time off man your a SA a company won’t burn if you do. Just say it’s an emergency I had ppl leave middle of a filing deadline it’s fine if you need it