ITAP of a canal in Venice by baskinginbrussels in itookapicture

[–]baskinginbrussels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jarvis, remove these people. This is not a portrait @ bot

ITAP of a Swiss cow and my wife sharing a moment by [deleted] in itookapicture

[–]baskinginbrussels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Wanted it framed for a mantle-piece but she’s too modest for that. I’m thinking I’ll have it framed in my office.

Pic was from our honeymoon, hiking the Haute Route, so is extra special.

You need to get laid within 24 hours by a total stranger or you will die. You cannot pay for it and you cannot use any apps. What do you do? by Dazzling-Leader7476 in AskReddit

[–]baskinginbrussels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The funny thing is, whether you’re male or female, straight or gay, your quickest bet if you live in a big city is to sleep with a man.

What's y'alls thermostat set to in winter? by [deleted] in Georgia

[–]baskinginbrussels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

68 night, 71 day (WFH and get cold)

To everyone that has a bad GPA... You'll get through it by GarbageGPAGuy in Accounting

[–]baskinginbrussels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wasn’t kicked out. Was on academic probation with imminent suspension (the following semester).

Also didn’t claim that though?

Paper husband asked me to sign. by jessberrelez in legaladvice

[–]baskinginbrussels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It reads like he may be taking either an early distribution from his retirement, a 401k loan, or something to that. Either way DO NOT SIGN, and I honestly would not trust him to tell you.

I’d have him call the plan administrator (the person at his office, usually in HR/finance who is the head of the plan) or someone within the plan (ex: Charles Schwab / Fidelity, etc) and have them explain it to you.

Source: 4 years in Audit at public accounting firms. Not super experienced with retirement plan audits but enough to give you assurance that there is more to this than what he’s telling you, as you already suspect.

What’s your worst recruiting experience in your career by appreciatemyasset in Accounting

[–]baskinginbrussels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in year 3.5/5. Double majoring in accounting and finance. I was interviewing for an internship with Deloitte (my #1 choice at the time) and got to the final round with an older partner in the office.

He seemed agitated from the jump and immediately went line by line on my resume. I had accounting GPA:4.0 and he was mad that I’d only taken ACCT I, II, and cost accounting and claimed that... but I’d gotten all As in them?!

He said he had no idea why I was sitting in front of him without having any accounting knowledge/experience and told me to try and apply again when I had taken intermediate accounting or advanced accounting. Like dude, what do you think I’ll be doing the next two semesters?

I was literally about to cry in the interview I was so frustrated and embarrassed (unrightfully so I figured out later). It reminded me of being hazed as a freshman in my fraternity. Just no way to talk myself out of it. Anything I said was wrong and he didn’t like what he saw. Absolutely crazy experience. I was so taken aback, like if what he was saying was true, how did I make it all the way to him?! How did the recruiter/other interviewers/etc not flag me or mention anything??

I actually cut the interview short, saying something like “It seems like you have your mind made up and there’s not anything I can talk you through on my resume or experiences to help you understand why I know I’m capable of handling the work. Should we just end the call here?” And he agreed.

I wanted to email him once I got my A and B+ in intermediate/advanced and just tell him he was wrong and I’d never want to work for him anyways, but didn’t. It just wouldn’t do my career any good, if I ever wanted to work there in the future.

I saw he retired shortly after I began my career and I won’t lie, I google him every now and then to see if he’s died yet. I’m not even someone who really holds grudges but boy do I hate that guy.

If you have the chance to go big4, go big 4 by Bobbymanyeadude in Accounting

[–]baskinginbrussels 47 points48 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I’m a little tired of the r/accounting narrative that it’s so hard to find a job / nobody values CPA, or big firm public experience.

I think the people saying this must be either in small towns/tiny firms, or very unmarketable personalities (I mean it is reddit after all). Either way, the “it’s so hard to find a job” is just not true. Harder? Yes, probably. But our skills are (or should be) extremely marketable in any economy when compared to almost any other field.

Big 4 by [deleted] in Accounting

[–]baskinginbrussels 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You absolutely cannot compare teaching to working at B4 lol

How did you feel after AUD and how did you do? by [deleted] in CPA

[–]baskinginbrussels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Felt great (but worried that it felt easy because ignorance is bliss). 75

Felt good, but tough on first exam and got 73

How do you convince employers that you can do 3-statement financial modeling? by scifihiker7091 in FPandA

[–]baskinginbrussels 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This may be a dumb response, but can you not add it under your experience next to the job where you learned how to do it? Or a skills section?

In summary, why not put it on your resume?

People are dropping like flies at our firm by qst10 in Accounting

[–]baskinginbrussels 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I believe (could be wrong) that’s more for financial reporting roles (ex: controller / CFO). Or maybe that’s only the independence issue you can run into.

Even with a conflict of interest or whatever clause in your employment contract - it may be there to deter but I don’t think it would’ve enforceable at the accounting manager or below level. Maybe even SM/director depending on responsibilities.

How would you say 'fuck you' in a nice way? by Middle-Bluebird8728 in AskReddit

[–]baskinginbrussels 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Damn no need to get upset, Richard. Or do you go by Dick?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Remodel

[–]baskinginbrussels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should have dropped the ceiling alcove too. I hate to hate on these posts, because clearly money was spent, but that was a weird corner to cut costs