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Originally posted by Rain Man:
DST Love, I feel ya!
I am an accountant and I am leaving the profession. I used to do audits with firms like PriceWaterhouseCoopers and KPMG. IMHO it was a VERY Dilbertlike experience and the managers and partners WOULD NOT talk TO me, only AT me through the senior auditor. That pi$$ed me off to the Nth degree. The fact that I was driving up and down the state of Ohio doing audits for these hick towns where if you seen ONE black person, it was truly a blessing, didn't help matters. One women in such a town saw my leftover fried chicken lunch and actually said, "You black people got to have your chicken." What the freak? But I digress.
Currently I am with a nonprofit agency working on an MBA, and while the pay is meager by comparison, the camraderie and love radiating through the agency is worth it. I am looking for another career, but I wish I could take every employee with me, I luv 'em that much.
DST Love, if you like to relate your experiences or career plans or options privately, you may email me if you wish. In the meantime, keep praying to God for something better.
God bless you.
RM
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Thanks RainMan
!! I wanted to speak with you about your accounting experiences when I read elsewhere that you hated accounting. I don't know about you but it is just very unrewarding. It's long hours and lots of crap!! People wonder why accountants get paid well. Well that's why. That's also why it's so easy to get an accounting job because people are always leaving the profession. I worked for Ernst & Young and they like the rest of the "Big 5" public accounting firms focused hard on their turnover rate.
I told you all not to get me started but I have a story that I hope you will all appreciate as much as I do. My aunt, who is in her later 30s with a business degree, used to work in corporate america for well over 10 years. One day someone asked her if she would like to take a few weeks and travel overseas. Well she said she couldn't because of work. After a while, that stuck in her head. She wondered why couldn't she enjoy life just because she worked. Well, she quit her job and with some money she had saved, she traveled the world literally for like six to eight months or so.
After she got back to Chicago, she took some waitressing and bartending jobs just to keep some money flowing in. After that, she started her own business. She opened a fitness center where she not only leads the exercises classes but also provides diet plans and other services along that line (Mind you at 37 she looks incredible). She told me that while she makes less than in corporate america she has more now. Which I understood. When you have a lot of money but are not happy with what you do, you try and compensate by buying a lot of things to prove to yourself that you are working for a purpose. However, when you're fulfilling yourself first then the money can't do too much more for you than you're doing for yourself.
Might I add that she is also a lot more in touch with her spirituality due to traveling to other countries but also because she is in a positive environment. She told me that
from being around all the people from other countries, she learned to step out on faith more. When she's not sure if she might be able to pay a bill for her facility, that's when a customer will walk in and want to pay for classes and diets for a year or so in advance. She told me that this has helped her to understand that when you just step out on faith without all the wondering, that's when God is more able to lead you where you need to be.
This whole story sticks with me every minute of the day. It really helps me and my boyfriend a lot and I hope it helps one of you too.
I apologize, Ideal08, if I am straying from what you might of wanted to discuss. I guess when I hear anything about corporate america, I get started.