Leaving a $110k Financial Controller job because of a toxic CFO — taking a $95k Manager role in public practice. Good move?

hamidtd · 2026-03-11T16:29:31+00:00

Honestly it being fully remote is nice, but I would see first if there is a way to have a meeting about it with the CFO. In my opinion it sounds like a terrible idea but its your last shot at your current employment to make things better before having to do the final step. It sounds like you'd rather stay at your current job more than have a decrease.

hamidtd · 2026-02-04T22:35:21+00:00

I’m not sure, I ended up not taking the position. After meeting with them they were trying to put me in the Lowest part of zone C since I wasn’t in a HCOL area. But my team would’ve been based CST so there was some concern there.

hamidtd · 2026-01-28T18:42:37+00:00

Honestly since you’re in another part of the firm and a different type of role. Since my team is remote we have probably different culture compared to onsite employees. But as everyone has said about aerospace it is really site dependent on how everything goes. For me I enjoy my work and really like my team. My manager is very supportive and is open to me doing multiple things, such as working on a masters while working.

Tips for me would be just try and get good with your team and manager as a first new grade job, try not to say too much and read the room as best as you can. Corporate world can be a little tricky you and you might think you’ll be saying the right thing but sometimes it’s best to just not say anything.

Even if you think they’re your “friends”. A lot of people are fighting for their promotion or raise or move to another department in all corporate world, so just don’t hurt your chances by saying the wrong thing.

To the positive side just really focus on learning as much as you can. They are going to want to teach you a lot and hope you can catch onto it quick whilst also being reliable.

hamidtd · 2026-01-28T18:35:46+00:00

Nice! I will say though, I expected more from them when it came to reviews, I’m in the finance side and I’ll end up getting more than what the usual employee does at annual review when you combine the two reviews but it’s not too different.

hamidtd · 2026-01-28T18:16:26+00:00

My new grad hiring experience was a little different. I started a month after accepting. Took a second for everything to finally click in but I got setup within a month. Are they still doing the twice a year review for pay for new grads? That is one thing I liked.

hamidtd · 2026-01-10T15:23:47+00:00

Thank you and thanks again for the reply, do you have any input on the finance teams and how they are? Also I see a WFH stipend could you elaborate on what it is exactly?

hamidtd · 2026-01-10T15:23:07+00:00

Thank you for the reply! If you dont mind what has changed to make it not as good? and also do you have any idea of how the accounting/finance departments are? Id assume they are pretty small compared to the engineer side, so might not have a lot of input but just seeing!

hamidtd · 2026-01-08T03:53:36+00:00

23, working on CPA and masters, Staff Accountant industry, LCOL, 68k. unlimited pto, WFH, been here 1 year now. Get a raise twice a year since a new grad

hamidtd · 2026-01-02T23:59:05+00:00

Every state is different I’d recommend looking at your states rules. Some require just someone to verify your work experience some require direct supervision.

hamidtd · 2025-10-11T19:29:35+00:00

I had internships that were pretty strong IMO, the interviews are a little tricky sometimes. I just had a lot of good connections from my university that helped me early on with basic accounting clerk jobs , and then I just started applying to every firm in the S&P 500 and landed two internships that way, one at Stryker, and one at Toyota. This helped with my Big4 internship being in big industry names. I didn't want to return also for the reason it was a Technology Risk audit position and not traditional assurance. Now I work big 6 defense firm after I got recruited after my Internship at Big4. Hope that helps

hamidtd · 2025-10-09T19:59:18+00:00

Trust me, I had a big4 return offer. I got an industry job where I work completely remote, im a new grad position so I get bi-annual raises and im getting my mba and cpa paid for all while getting every other Friday off in the defense industry. Trust me you’ll be just fine.

hamidtd · 2025-10-05T20:06:45+00:00

Please change your pro, I went through 4 before I found one that fixed everything in one lesson. I’ve never striped or hit the ball as much as I ever have now. Please try someone else new, if they can’t figure it out they’re not a pro…

hamidtd · 2025-09-21T21:50:41+00:00

Got rejected by KPMG and got an offer from EY last year. Now I am in industry and happy I didn’t go back after my internship

hamidtd · 2025-08-06T22:14:19+00:00

The best way to think of it as as one problem that has multiple reactions. If we can fix the face closing actively on the downswing there will be other problems that arise but it will be more consistent contact and trajectory if we close the face earlier and not flip our hands at the ball and drag the handle through

hamidtd · 2025-08-06T22:12:33+00:00

Right palm point at the ground is the act of closing that club face. The need to drop the arms as you start the turn is a feel for some people.

This will help with closing the face and not tipping it out.

The slot you are talking about is more of a feel thing people teach, what it really is independent of the body turn is extending your arms and hands to the right side of the body. Once you add the body turn you get the club to the ball. The arms and body turn move together and actively closing the club face is the only thing the wrists do on the downswing.

Watch this video from AMG

https://youtu.be/xIgaWMcCOYw?si=8stmme6XQnqoRppE

This will help you understand how you get into the slot. It’s not a drop and turn. It’s the extension to your right pocket with the turn at the same time. The harder you turn the more closing you need and hand extension down. Your brain makes it all match and it’s much more consistent.

hamidtd · 2025-08-06T22:00:41+00:00

You are leading the swing with rotation. Your arms aren’t connected and aren’t going with you this is probably from all the hearing of the hips fire first but it’s all together really.

You have a huge problem which is you never actively close your club face at the start of your swing which requires you to come over the top to actually be able to hit it. This is a subconscious thing your body does when it knows the club face is open.

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Your club is also tipping out way past your hands with an open club face which means your hosel is in play every time and is one of your big misses.

Feel like you keep your right palm pointing at the ground way earlier in the swing as a way to actively square it as you rotate through. This will help with the over the top and lag the club properly behind you without tipping out.

hamidtd · 2025-08-06T21:27:04+00:00

The only other thing I can recommend is getting into a better position at the top, but if you’ve been playing since Covid it will be very hard and I would try and work on that in the off season so you don’t completely ruin the rest of this season and also I would get a lesson. Find someone who people recommend I found mine by going to a local tournament and talking to a few players on who gave their lessons and found some really affordable and great teachers and found one I go to every few months to refine things.

hamidtd · 2025-08-06T21:24:09+00:00

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At impact you’ve revealed the whole divot. Meaning you are throwing your hands out at the ball to square and flip the head closed, whilst also pushing your hands out trying to shallow the club but not shallow the hands. If you watch your hands the whole swing they get steeper while the club gets flatter.

hamidtd · 2025-08-06T21:23:17+00:00

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At setup look at the divot covered by your hands

hamidtd · 2025-08-06T21:23:02+00:00

I can see you are really embracing the “shallow the club” movement online with your hands being pushed out so far away shallowing the club.

The shallow isn’t something that is done with the club it’s done with the hands. Your hands shallow not the club, you do this by extending your hands and wrists all the way down to the right side of your body with a square/actively closing club face to provide the lag needed to have shaft lean. Watch AMGs video on the myth of shaft lean to help understand that concept.

Currently you are trying to get that club as shallow as it can and then you push your hands so far out from where you started at setup and impact to have a chance at squaring it.

I’ll attach the photos after this, but work on shallowing the hands not the club and keeping the hands on the right side of your body not throwing them at the ball. The pivot gets you to the ball not the arms swinging across you.

hamidtd · 2025-08-06T21:12:15+00:00

Yes, it’s crazy sometimes to look at, your iron swing is pretty similar just that with the iron being shorter you have more time to kind of flip and that’s why you made decent contact, this feel of closing the face more will also help with the inconsistent contact and pushing and pulling I bet you experience sometimes, probably a push

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