👀What was your first summer job, and does it connect at all to what you're doing now?

Firm announced flexible come and go as you see fit approach to coming back to office. Partner I work for said I need to be in office 4-5 days a week anyway. Thoughts?

Can anyone provide a referral at siemens?

My company (biotech start up >50 employees) are looking to collect diversity data about current employees to provide to candidates when they ask about the company as well as to investors. Any thoughts on whether this is industry standard? What roadblocks to be aware of? Advice on how to go about this as meaningfully as possible?

Does anyone else feel like their social skills went down during the pandemic? My new anxiety makes retail so hard.

Any good PG's in Viman Nagar for boys? If someone can DM just names or any connects. Would be grateful!

Looking for advice on prioritizing money over career growth. I am 29 on a big team making $120K. The day-to-day is cool, but I don’t see much career growth. I have interviewed for other jobs but can’t find anything that pays as well. Should I just stay where I am for the money?

Not enough people understand mountain driving etiquette - if you see a conga line of cars behind you it’s because you’re slow and you should pull over at the next available turnout and let them pass.

What is the infosys bangalore location?

Anyone who has started up a side hustle whilst working in consulting - is it generally a good idea to let your employer know or will they make your life difficult/try to push you out if they know?

(Context - I need the extra income to have a shot at affording grad school, I work for a small boutique, job contract was ambiguous on the issue. Side hustle is selling stuff I make as a hobby on Amazon)

Thanks!

Facing problems with working memory and long term memory while you did good previously. Any supplements/ therapy for memory retention and increasing listening absorbing skills?

I am trying to move from finance (IB tech) to fintech and have 15+ years of experience. I get a feeling my number of years of experience is working against me as all the companies want is young blood. Am I right in thinking this - what can I do to fix it other than reverse aging :-) ?

Which student awards are worth entering? My school pays for a Young Ones, D&AD and Future Lions. Anything else worth entering with my own schmoney? 🤔💕

Would anyone recommend or share a side hustle that would complement a banker’s 8-5 M-F schedule? As of now, I do an hour DoorDash before work and after work I do DoorDash and Instacart for a couple hours. I do this as well on the weekends targeting about $200-300 a week since I am in a really small market. Looking for more creative, cost effective, and efficient ways I can supplement my average salary. TIA!

Are there private equity’s or hedge funds in NYC that will sponsor/transfer H1-B for positions such as Fund Accountants or Senior Fund Accountants?

Is there any advantage or disadvantage to maxing out 401k in a single contribution instead of a taking some out of every paycheck

Need like for completing profile. Thanks.

Role at Verily looks perfect. Is it considered a role at Google, or is Alphabet really siloed off? Can anyone refer? Curious to know what the deal is!

Ladies, are gifts important to you?

Does anyone know the billable hours goal for managers at EY?

For those of you who own rental properties, how much cash flow do you earn from them and how much does your day job pay? Would be interested in hearing from accountant rental property owners. Think it would be interesting to get a big thread going

Has anyone on here ever taken an unpaid leave of absence?

Looking for some advice! I recently reached out to PwC private division because where I work now is boring and not flexible. I miss feel like an accounting professional. I previously worked at a medium sized public accounting firm but looking to add that big name recognition. How is the work life balance now working from home at PwC in the private division? Any insight on what I may be getting myself into. I want more family time and time to travel with my family.

Can anyone share recent sign on bonus trends among big 4 firms for experienced senior audit hires?

How long did it take before you learned to just embrace the craziness?

I joined EY in January. Had no work all of January, but was busy for February and some of March. I have been unassigned for about 4 weeks now, sending availability emails to all of the service lines we are allowed to reach out to for work. I should not have come here 🤦🏼‍♂️ I know it’s nice to have some down-time, but when every day is staring at a computer, the days are SO long.

Do you think it is quite possible to get fired by asking too many questions as an experienced senior 1? If so, i might get fired after this busy season.

I want to break my lease. Do you think it will be hard to find someone to take over the lease with all that is going on?

Does anyone have any good books or podcasts about how to develop leadership/ managing skills?

Passed the CIA. 🍾 I'm rolling deep in the letters... CPA, CFE too. What should I do next?

Has anyone’s (pre covid) full time travel engagements said anything about what to expect in the coming months/year?

Just heard EY is about to make more layoffs in audit too

Can you negotiate PTO at annual review?

I feel like so much of my job is planning and scheduling that I have 0% left to plan and schedule my personal life. Is that normal? Do I need a Microsoft to do list for normal life 😣

Does anyone have experience or know of someone who went on a FWA (part-time) but didn't have kids? I'm unmarried and no kids but considering a move to 30 or so hrs/week for my sanity.

Deloitte or dixon hughes goodman? Considering accounting advisory at one of the two. Deloitte has a better brand name but based on the talk here it seems like the pay and hours are dogshit. Thoughts anyone

Nervous to make industry jump bc I’m not an excel wiz. Obviously depends on the role but curious if anyone else in a similar situation?