1-Sep-2018 5:03pm
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4-Sep-2018 9:08am
4-Sep-2018 9:39am
smtcpa wrote:By the way Makbo, how else would you say 2021 other than twenty-twenty-one?
4-Sep-2018 9:56am
smtcpa wrote:I've generally always treated 4/15 as the actual deadline no matter what the real deadline was. Or at least I tried. I am happy to have an actual 4/15 deadline. I am trying to move clients away from the concept of 4/15 being THE deadline anyway, so for me it will have less of an impact as years go by.
4-Sep-2018 10:51am
CornerstoneCPA wrote:I do not stress myself out and freely tell clients that they may end up being extended. Stress = mistakes = unhappy clients = unhappy CPA = unhappy life. I have yet to have a client object. I know some CPAs that work from end of January to April 15th from 4-5am to at least midnight, 6-7 days a week. That is asinine.
4-Sep-2018 12:27pm
5-Sep-2018 6:08am
5-Sep-2018 8:51am
missingdonut wrote:
We are in charge of our destiny. There has been a lot of research into the productivity of knowledge workers as of late, and it's alarming how backward our industry is. We really shouldn't be working 40 hours a week
5-Sep-2018 9:25am
missingdonut wrote:We are in charge of our destiny. There has been a lot of research into the productivity of knowledge workers as of late, and it's alarming how backward our industry is.
5-Sep-2018 11:18am
smtcpa wrote:missingdonut wrote:We are in charge of our destiny. There has been a lot of research into the productivity of knowledge workers as of late, and it's alarming how backward our industry is.
I think there is a bit of a Superman/Superwoman mentality in our industry, where practitioners like to get bragging rights for how long they work and at what times they are working. I can't tell you how many times I've seen posts on some of my FB groups at 2am asking who else is still up working hard? Really? They feel the need to brag?
Asinine is right.
5-Sep-2018 12:54pm
CornerstoneCPA wrote:While I understand larger firms can provide ample experience, their billing quotas are also ridiculous. I know a CPA that resigned and went out on her own after being employed for quite a while with a midsize regional firm. When you took her billing quota and divided it by the number of billable hours she was actually able to generate, she was having to work no fewer than 80 hours per week to also accommodate the required non-billable work.
smtcpa wrote:I think there is a bit of a Superman/Superwoman mentality in our industry, where practitioners like to get bragging rights for how long they work and at what times they are working. I can't tell you how many times I've seen posts on some of my FB groups at 2am asking who else is still up working hard? Really? They feel the need to brag?
Asinine is right.
6-Sep-2018 7:48am
6-Sep-2018 8:34am
ATSMAN wrote:I have had conversations with other accountants and lawyers stung by the billable hours problem. If you want to rise up to a partnership level unless your relatives own the firm, that will be one of the major hurdles to overcome. When you do the math to what you get paid actually to the actual # of hours worked, you are making around $25 to $30 per hour for a junior associate!
My sister in law quit a firm and went on her own and is much happier now!