👀 What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given about getting ahead in the accounting industry?

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Is a 710 gmat (q44 v42) worth retaking? I’m a Latin American male working at McKinsey, 4.0 gpa from the top university in my country on a full scholarship. Maybe with a lot of effort I could get my score up to a 730, but I’m not sure if it’s worth the time

So northwestern does interview everyone? No one gets denied ?

Does anyone else get super gassy during/ after flying?

Looking for a Freelancer to assist with drafting employment law demand letters or Complaints. Comprehensive templates provided. Message me if interested. Thanks!

What is the average salary at Morgan Stanley for Business Unit Controller for P&L controller team supporting TCM?

In other news: American Airlines pilot arrested just moments before take off for failing breathalyzer test at Reagan. #slowclapamerican

Am I the only one who is happy I got into IT?

Hi Fishes,
Which one to choose from the below two?

Tiger Analytics - Data Engineer
LatentView Analytics - Data Engineer

PS: Salary not deciding factor!!

Tax senior wanting to go into consulting at Deloitte. What do I do? Go.

I didn’t get into any schools this past application cycle but got into H/S. I feel like I’m going to be incredibly insecure meeting my classmates this fall who probably got into every school with crazy scholarships too. Do people typically share where else they got in, GMAT, etc. when you go to school?

Had to cut a call short saying battery about to die coz I wanted to eat my vada pav in peace. 🥴

Strategists, do you have a portfolio? What info do you include? Would campaign results and insights be off limits because it’s considered confidential info? 🤔

For Indian folks who know the wait for green card is some ridiculous number of years, why don't people get an L1 visa and get a green card faster that way? I'm very curious about that route vs H1B

Hello all, I’m planning to get a masters degree, but I’m not sure what should I get. I need something that’s going to get me to 150-200K/Yr range. Please tell me about your thoughts and experiences. If anyone is making more than 140K/yr let me know how do you do that? 😂

Anyone on projects in Lansing?

I could be your next husband. Slide in my DMs to find out.

Is TCS resuming work from office for all of the employees by Nov 15th?

Any recommendations on St Regis vs Ritz Carlton Istanbul?

Gonna create a twitter soon mainly to get stock and news thoughts/updates. Any recs besides the pelosi bot?

Is there a range of time in which it is appropriate to begin wishing Eid Mubarak?

Can we do an unofficial poll here how many people work in Transactions M&A/ FDD/ Deal Advisory are females vs males? From what I see, not many females present here. Just want to get a better understanding before I switch.

What are you saving for?

Have you ever in-charged an engagement where your staff are higher ranking than you? E.g. you're staff 1 in charge of a staff 2 and a 1st year senior. What is your advice for others in this spot?

Do CPAs bill at a rate higher than a non CPA at a public accounting firm or do they both bill at the same rate?

Office bathrooms should have signs that say employees must wash hands before leaving...

So would you say Andy from Shawshank redemption was a Banker? Seems to me that the service he provided was more of a CPA.

Heard bumblings over HH today of a second round of Deloitte Tax Chicago layoffs after busy season. Thoughts?

Raises are between 7 and 15%. For just about everyone at every level at every company, depending on performance of you and your service line. You can all shut the hell up now.

Just accepted an offer. Would you recommend holding off on telling anyone on my team until I give notice? I just want to give them as much advance notice as possible so they can plan ahead

One of my senior managers is a boomerang and told me she was laid off when she was 7 months pregnant about 10 years ago. I think she was a senior or manager. She was in a specific group and everybody was laid off. It wasn’t performance based.

Would you work at your company again if you were laid off?

Let’s start a comp discussion on post covid salaries and level - couldn’t find anything interesting on Reddit:
1) practice (audit/ advisory / tax)
2) firm
3) Level (Senior Associate II, Manager year 1 etc..)
4) salary (base & comp)
5) location ( NYC / Boston / SF)

So mentally unprepared for this busy season. When i turn on my laptop i can barely bring myself to go through the motions 😔, and I’m the in-charge on a large engagement 🙃.

Think I forgot to test an automated control...how screwed am I ?

What’s the difference between ED and partners? How does one become an ED vs partner?

Is it weird that I feel less technically knowledgeable after a year and a half of audit than when I graduated? I just started a technical accounting job, and there are glaring gaps in my knowledge of basic stuff I knew during college. I just never saw it in audit.

Can someone tell me where should I put my money, Roth or traditional? Should I also contribute to hsa? How do I max out all contributions and benefits?

How long is normal between verbal offer and formal paper offer