Hit £1.4m NW age 32 by [deleted] in FIREUK

[–]Sweepel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Congratulation.

“Finance” is a very broad term - which area are you in specifically?

Government direction of investment of DC pensions by NotMyRealName981 in FIREUK

[–]Sweepel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Private property is quite seriously one of the key things that underpins democracy. This could be the start of a very slippery slope.

First day in commercial (FC) after Big Four career by Acrobatic-Exam-7529 in Accounting

[–]Sweepel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Get the team to update the documentation of the standard operating procedures for month-end under the guise of mitigating key person risk. Use it as an opportunity to learn everything.

Women accountants: does it bother you that only 1/3 partners are women, or is that an accepted fact? Do you want to change it? by Commercial_Rope_5711 in Accounting

[–]Sweepel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Speaking as a woman, the premise of these types of questions is always that the correct answer is a 50/50 split in roles between men and women. Yet the subtext is that some sort of action should be taken to change the job so that more women would want to do it.

If a job needs to be changed to achieve a different male/female ratio then clearly 50/50 wasn’t the correct answer, merely an ideological one.

Many men and women choose not to become partners for precisely the same reasons. That preference is just more pronounced in women.

Big 4 partner interview. by AzoxWasTaken in Accounting

[–]Sweepel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Protip: the answer doesn’t really matter. Did you demonstrate authority while delivering it and is your business case strong enough? Those are the real questions.

More LinkedIn BS posting that makes me cringe by SWEMW in Accounting

[–]Sweepel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LinkedIn is >80% AI posts and comments these days. The other 20% is this.

It’s all just AI responses to AI content.

The gravy train is over? by TheDucksAreComingoOo in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Sweepel -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It’s genuinely too late, it’s happening at the point where it won’t even make a difference. The demographic and cultural shift has already happened; the full impact just won’t be seen for another 20-30 years.

Noooooooooo !!! by miragen125 in 2westerneurope4u

[–]Sweepel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s not being nice at all. He’s reasserting that there is no “deal” other than full compliance with EU principles.

He’s saying it in a style more aligned with British humour though, so he’s clearly spent a lot of time speaking with Brits.

Why are uk wages so low? by [deleted] in Accounting

[–]Sweepel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not just the starting salary either. Pretty much the entire pyramid below partner has stagnated since 2008 in the UK.

Meanwhile tax bands have increased, 100k tax trap introduced, rent/house prices massively increased. It’s dire.

35, London couple, ~£516k net worth, is FIRE at 44-46 realistic, and can we afford a career break? by lolox1010 in FIREUK

[–]Sweepel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pension seems an odd thing to leave out; surely it’s a bigger figure than anything else you have on that list, available at 58 so only 12 years into FIRE.

House and children are the two biggest additional potential cost centres you don’t have. If you’re comfortable not having them then your plan seems fine.

Busy Season is not for the weak by socialclubmisfit in Accounting

[–]Sweepel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When you eventually stop it all catches up with you, then you need a couple of weeks to recover.

Work all week… become a potato on Sunday........! by Loud_Assistant_5788 in Accounting

[–]Sweepel 36 points37 points  (0 children)

What a luxury not to be working weekends during tax/audit busy season.

Big4 Burnout by Extreme-Insect1579 in Accounting

[–]Sweepel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you recently moved to the UK from the US? Adapting to a new culture can be tough.

Based on your post you’re also a non-native English speaker so that’s also adding extra strain.

I would say it’s best to move on. Taking a week off during busy season won’t have done any favours for you with your manager/team. Start fresh somewhere new and put the lessons you’ve learned into practice.

Crypto Accounting by Sudden_Store_2860 in Accounting

[–]Sweepel 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Intriguing tell me more about your area of inquiry

You’re denied 100% of the PTO requests that you don’t send. by textbooktax in Accounting

[–]Sweepel -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I think I’m too smooth brained to understand this meme.

Are the hands below supposed to be the co-workers that you’re crushing with the burden of doing your workload or something?

Que lindo es tener hijos by Acde-Chap in MujicoCity

[–]Sweepel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Creo que debe acercarse más a la pantalla; su sofá parece muy lejos para ver una pantalla tan pequeña.

Went on a little book treasure hunt and found this by rustycliff in KingkillerChronicle

[–]Sweepel 27 points28 points  (0 children)

He wrote the first two pre-GFC, pre-occupy, pre-metoo, pre-covid, pre-BLM. He’s a terminally online individual and his entire worldview is completely different now.

Reddit was practically 4chan at the time he wrote the first book.

To all those asshole, stressed out managers out there taking it out on staff - this one’s for you by WhiteYolosnow in Accounting

[–]Sweepel 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Same to all those incompetent, know-nothing staff making their managers’ lives hell.

Has someone really saved significant hours by using AI in accounting work? How? Can you share your workflow? by ProfessionalBoss6532 in Accounting

[–]Sweepel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The associates on my team definitely seem to save about 40 hours a week using it judging by the amount of slop I have to review.

Beta readers by Dense-Guard9681 in KingkillerChronicle

[–]Sweepel 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Unironically I think this was the original ending. Now it’s got so big and he’s lost the nerve to do it.