[smyoung0521]

I can only write this as no one except Jeff knows who I am!

I worked at my first job out of grad school for 5 years (nonaccounting) then stayed home and went back to school for 5 years. I started at a state job and very quickly realized that it was not for me and after 6 months had 2 interviews one for a manufacturing plant as a staff accountant and one as an auditor.

The manufacturing plant made me an offer for 33,000 less than I was making at the state but promised that after 3 months it would be revisited. They also promised to pay for my CPA exam. I took that job and spent the first month there in tears after work. The work environment is laid back with the CFO throwing phones around the room and everyone curses like sailors all the time. Bills have not been paid for months on end where phones have been cut off, water threatened to be cut….paychecks have been manual so that they can get float although they sometimes bounce….I found out that money isn’t even put into the HSA like promised….etc….Well, I have been there 4 months and nothing has changed…not my pay not a cent towards my CPA exams….it is a struggle to learn anything there….although I have gotten used to it and learned to love my coworkers…..I will also say this place is 10 minutes from home and has a lenient attendance policy…and I am the 5th person in this position in 4 years and everyone has quit. We are about to hit busy season at this company.

Monday I have a job interview with the regional accounting firm that I had interviewed with prior. It would be a 45 minute commute. A friend has recently began with them in another location and got offered 45,000….So two questions stay or go if offered (hate the job switching aspect) and secondly how do I explain without badmouthing current work which I won’t do.

Thanks for reading and any advice!

Restarting my journey!
Using Rogers and supplementing with Ninja

[onmywhey]

@ Study Monk

I should disclose that I came from industry and got 3/3 offers from the Big 4 that I tried for. Not to brag, but I think they like people from industry that have an understanding of what to expect. This is in contrast to some new hires right of out college that may not have a realistic expectation of what they're getting themselves into.

I openly told them that I wanted experience from public accounting and that all the people in industry in higher up positions come from Big 4. That explanation worked fine for me. I could tell they knew I was probably leaving in 2-3 years but experience and attitude outweighed that risk for them.

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