What industry are these accounting jobs at that have such good wlb? I always see people saying they work 30-40 hours during slow periods and 40-50 during the close. LOL I need to know where! My current job has me working 50-60 hours during normal times and 60-70 during close 🙃

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Apparently internal audit.

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What are your current hours for IA at your consulting firm?

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I am in tax compliance. Most of my colleagues went into hedge fund only work 30 hours a week.

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If you’re not an analyst doing trades, this makes sense

I’m in External Reporting and I’m only busy during Quarter & Year End. Other than that I work about 35 hrs a week

Retail for me. But it is heavily dependent on the company. Check glassdoor, look for companies with flex Fridays or 4 day work weeks

In my experience, sometimes you’ll have the blessed 30-35H weeks, a standard is 40-45, and the BAD is 50-60 “high stress” hours. I’m always a high performer, love the work, but to be honest public is just the same hours but crammed into 4 months.

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3 Insurance benefits are good in fractal.
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