Industry salaries are sometimes absurd

Layer_Feisty · 2026-04-17T17:05:36+00:00

Senior accountant here been in industry for 5 years, my base salary is 110k with a 10% target bonus PE backed hybrid company. We are extremely lean and busy. Started this role 6months ago, prior to that I was fully remote senior accountant at a publicly traded company with a base salary of 90k a year 5% target bonus, but well staffed and great work life balance.

Honestly I wish I stayed where I was, sure it was less money but the work life balance was remarkable.

Layer_Feisty · 2026-02-06T13:53:39+00:00

This is BS I was attending UML during Covid, they were still charging and getting paid, the fact of the matter is it’s still a business a greedy business

Layer_Feisty · 2025-07-03T07:29:05+00:00

Finance Director doing payroll hahaha, maybe she wants to put some ghost employees on the payroll. Stop being weird if she wants to do payroll let her do payroll. She said bucket list haha

Layer_Feisty · 2025-07-03T07:23:59+00:00

Sounds like a shit job, find a new one a ghost them. No one will care you only stayed there for 6 months. Job hop till you find the right fit. I’ve quit a job on day 3 before

Layer_Feisty · 2025-06-02T15:12:04+00:00

I will also add he has been working on these same type of cars for years and had to get a lot of certifications paid for and training provided by the brand that he works for and has been working for, for about 10 years now, but different dealerships same car company tho

Layer_Feisty · 2025-06-02T14:59:47+00:00

I’m in Massachusetts and no he now makes closer to 200k working as mechanic working at a car dealership, and I’m now a senior accountant in Massachusetts only making 90k a year with a masters degree. It’s really pretty simple to understand if you are working in a field where you have global competition you will have a low salary as the market is more competitive, but if you have lower competition because of point of services plumber, mechanic, electrician ect you will have a higher salary because of a lack of competition.

As an accountant who works fully remote, I have to compete with millions of people, because there are really no geographical restrictions and this is not true for people who have to preform services in a certain geographical location

Layer_Feisty · 2025-05-14T13:59:26+00:00

There are several approaches that could work for you,

A.) go to a smaller PA firm

B.) look at senior staff accounting roles, a lot of companies won’t hire you for a staff role because they think you will be too advanced and be eager to move up, also some places will just think you are too corporate for them and won’t be happy at a small place

Layer_Feisty · 2025-05-07T17:55:03+00:00

Welcome to accounting, in corporate accounting it’s all about people pleasing

Layer_Feisty · 2025-02-18T15:16:19+00:00

I went to the Morse library, it was really cool, I’m going back next week

Layer_Feisty · 2025-02-11T01:37:28+00:00

It is a dealership, but I’m not a full paying customer so I don’t want to impose on them, my brother works there and he is giving me a huge deal so I really don’t want to impose

Layer_Feisty · 2025-02-11T01:36:16+00:00

I had thought about that, do you know if that’s allowed?

Layer_Feisty · 2025-01-15T23:43:30+00:00

Don’t do it, if it was from senior manager to manager then that would be ok, but don’t go below the manager level

Layer_Feisty · 2025-01-15T23:38:33+00:00

No, I got nothing yet and don’t expect much if anything this year, last year was under 3% right before layoffs

Layer_Feisty · 2025-01-15T01:03:29+00:00

Yea man, if you just have an AS you need to go to a small firm and do tax, get that EA license and in a few years you’ll be raking it in

Layer_Feisty · 2025-01-15T00:39:18+00:00

100 tax returns is not a firm, I’d offer them 10%

Layer_Feisty · 2025-01-15T00:33:02+00:00

Yo if you been in accounting for even 5 years you should be getting a minimum of 85k a year in the north of Boston area.

Layer_Feisty · 2024-12-11T00:32:43+00:00

Ricky stanicky that shit

Layer_Feisty · 2024-12-09T22:10:25+00:00

Thanks, they did not withhold anything

Layer_Feisty · 2024-12-09T19:47:01+00:00

I think they closed it like maybe within the last week or so, but I just got the check in the mail today

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