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Comment on #8 Eating Hours by EatingThoseHours

EatingThoseHours — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 21:07:00 +0000

I agree completely about eating hours. I work in tax and the budgets are not realistic. Budget is based on how much the partner or manager can get the client to sign up for, not how much work is actually done on that project. I would agree with one of the earlier comments, to a small extent, about how “maybe this work is not for you”, but of course a partner or SR Man is going to say this bc they want to squeeze as much work and efficiency out of their staff as they can. Is the partner or Sr Man faster and more efficient than staff..of course that is why they are at the higher levels, but truth be told they are still making more money with “inefficient staff” than they could on their own doing all the work alone.
So, ideally all bigger firms (that hire new staff every season) like turnover after two to three years, bc it keeps all the staff salaries low and people underpaid while all the managers to partners reap all the rewards from their overtime and efficiency. A pyramid scheme so to speak…..pay into the firm underpaid in your first 1-10 yrs, then if you make partner all that investment comes back to you and then maybe even more. Firms should be project based, not hours based; more time is spent worrying about hours and how to manipulate those than focusing on finishing the project.

Comment on #2 White Out Tape by 21 CPA Gift Ideas for the Accountant in Your Life - All Gifts Considered

21 CPA Gift Ideas for the Accountant in Your Life - All Gifts Considered — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:59:16 +0000

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Comment on #19 Lame Gifts, What have you received? by 21 CPA Gift Ideas for the Accountant in Your Life - All Gifts Considered

21 CPA Gift Ideas for the Accountant in Your Life - All Gifts Considered — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 17:28:07 +0000

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Comment on #36 Please consider the environment before printing this email. by Muntasar

Muntasar — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 09:45:18 +0000

Hello guys
Greeting !
i’m working at one of private university, i’m planing to put a”Stickers” on all our printers.
would you please advise a simple logo with perfect word.

cheers!

Comment on #20 The Pending List by Jeremy Duncan

Jeremy Duncan — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 03:24:28 +0000

I see now

Comment on #13 Acronyms, What are your favorites? by 絶品

絶品 — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 03:16:11 +0000

Awsome article and right to the point. I am not sure if this is actually
the best place to ask but do you guys have any
ideea where to hire some professional writers? Thanks 🙂

Comment on #44 Using the Right Pen Color by yeah! its me

yeah! its me — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 04:57:48 +0000

It started with pen colour for audits and ended up in praising your blog And other technical features of this blog
However ,I have been auditing for years and things are like these~
No color issue for print outs of e records
Colours for manul a/c
Red for trainees and articles
Green for reviews by seniors and black for partners

Comment on Full List by Audit

Audit — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:59:44 +0000

Billable hours…

Comment on #15 Immaterial by Accounting Prof

Accounting Prof — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 18:54:23 +0000

The three biggest lies in auditing are:
1) This year, we’ll have complete client cooperation.
2) Your budget is achievable.
3) It’s immaterial.

Comment on #45 Office Pranks, What are your favorites? by Dorothy

Dorothy — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 04:39:52 +0000

In the early nineties, while banks where purchasing under performing banks, I was the eager beaver to assist in what ever the credit review team needed. I was naive, totally, not sure I am much more informed to day, if the truth been known. To make a long story shorter, I was left “in-charge, of whatever the team needed”. Type A personality, and ready to make a positive reflection on my first “outside the office”, I overhead someone say that had not gotten a report. Eager beaver here, jumped up and asked what they needed and they said that they had not gotten the bates list, I said Ok that I wood get it from the FDIC guy in charge (6 weeks on the job). So here I went to ask for the bates list, but not the alpha one, the master one. He was competent and wrote my request on his to-do list. Luckily, someone came in and confessed, before he asked his boss for the master bates list. I am a lot older now, but have not gotten over it yet. But I am smiling as I read your stories, so had to share.