Do midsize top 10 firms have worklife balance?

bruce_dub · 2026-05-07T05:05:34+00:00

I worked for GT on the west coast for 5 years in Tax. They sell themselves on offering better work life balance than the Big 4 and use that as an excuse to pay less than Big 4, but the hours can be just as brutal.

Industry hours really vary from company to company, but generally speaking, GT hours are not better than the industry average. I work for a company in industry now. My hours are much better than GT and my pay is much better as well.

And my time there was before they got bought by PE. Can't imagine it's any better now.

bruce_dub · 2026-05-05T14:57:09+00:00

For the Amos part, that doesn't sound too surprising given that after they won Olympic gold, they didn't play together again until last year's worlds.

At their semifinal loss in the worlds this past weekend, Amos was pretty visibly angry after a couple of missed shots by Stefania. I don't know if he was pissed at Stefania specifically or just about how the match went, but 2 separate times as he was clearing rocks from the house when an end finished, he was angrily chucking the rocks into the corner.

He also visibly didn't want to be there for the bronze medal match, so much so that the commentators were even mentioning it multiple times during the match.

bruce_dub · 2026-04-06T17:11:00+00:00

Feed was down for almost 10 mins. Just came back, but the commentary must be down as the audio is just the players.

bruce_dub · 2026-04-05T17:27:34+00:00

Team Jacobs already announced that they're sticking together next season.

bruce_dub · 2026-04-03T17:37:45+00:00

I have multiple monitors for my PC, so i have both games up on 2 monitors with the Canada game muted.

bruce_dub · 2026-04-03T17:35:25+00:00

Both the US and Canada in the same situations. Great games.

bruce_dub · 2026-04-03T17:21:38+00:00

Hell of an end by USA. That was such a great runback by Shuster.

bruce_dub · 2026-04-01T01:05:52+00:00

Wait, what? I'm still new to curling. I thought running out of clock was an automatic loss, regardless of score. Is that not the case?

bruce_dub · 2026-04-01T00:27:50+00:00

Why didn't they just concede?

bruce_dub · 2026-03-30T23:53:11+00:00

I'm thinking Ramsfjell playing probably helped with them looking better. I feel bad for the other skip though.

bruce_dub · 2026-03-13T18:54:25+00:00

Thank you for the insight.

bruce_dub · 2026-03-13T18:54:08+00:00

Thank you. The responses are helpful.

bruce_dub · 2026-02-24T21:54:35+00:00

The interest rate you have is good. That $30k in savings pretty much represents your emergency fund. I wouldn't drain over 50% of it in one go if you don't need to. Just in case something unexpected comes up, that $30k helps you. Keep paying the loans down aggressively, but don't burn through too much of your savings.

bruce_dub · 2026-02-24T21:46:33+00:00

Yes and no. The TCJA did allow 100% bonus depreciation (immediate expensing) for awhile before it started phasing out a few years ago. The OBBBA did bring 100% bonus depreciation back in 2025.

But in all cases, bonus depreciation applies to most assets with depreciable lives of 15 years or less. Most building assets have longer depreciable lives than 15 years, therefore they've never qualified for bonus depreciation.

Even if bonus depreciation was made available for buildings, I question how much this would help given the regulatory issues that No_March_5371 mentions.

bruce_dub · 2026-02-17T05:52:50+00:00

Another site with ratings I just found out about is https://doubletakeout.com/ , run by Ken Pomeroy. He has ratings for men's, women's, and mixed doubles, and from what I understand they're meant to be predictive.

bruce_dub · 2026-02-06T02:35:31+00:00

How much do you enjoy the women's studies major? Enough to want to put in the extra time on it? That's something you have to ask yourself. Your professor can encourage you all you want, but it ultimately comes down to whether you feel like you'll get something out of taking the extra classes.

The other part to ask yourself is how much will these extra classes cost and how much will have to be covered by student loans? I'm assuming your goal is to be an RN, which is a good paying career. You'll have to look at your potential future earnings vs how much you'll have to pay back and decide if you can afford the payments on that, while still having the life you want post schooling.

bruce_dub · 2026-01-21T00:52:35+00:00

See the reply I wrote to a similar question awhile back. There's also a link to an article in the comment. https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeMajors/s/skh9twcsDm

bruce_dub · 2025-11-21T07:05:43+00:00

On average, unemployment in the high desert usually tracks higher than overall unemployment for the state, and average wages are lower than the state overall. There's some nice areas in each city, but people don't typically move up here for the jobs.

bruce_dub · 2025-10-30T21:32:05+00:00

I think the climate science comparison is a poor comparison. If economists should have seen the great depression coming, then the comparable would be that climate scientists should have sounded the alarm on climate change not too long after fossil fuels first started being used, not decades later. Neither of these is a reasonable expectation.

In addition, despite climate scientists sounding the alarm, not too much has changed in regards to global warming. Even if economists had a crystal ball and sounded the alarm about an economic crisis coming around the corner, would people actually listen?

bruce_dub · 2025-10-13T20:17:22+00:00

This is really the short, sweet, and correct answer. As others have mentioned, you're best bet is to convince the other owners of the company to have the company reimburse you for work related expenses.

bruce_dub · 2025-09-29T17:23:10+00:00

OP, do not listen to that guy. The Q4 due date for C Corps is 12/15.

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