My boss won't let me study for the CPA - Page 10

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    hili783
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    I work for PwC and it is my first week working for them. I work from 8 am till 6 pm Monday to Friday.it takes about an 45 mins to drive from home to work and the same time going back home, so in total around 12 hours are out of my control. I talked to my boss about releasing me early like around 3 or 4 pm so I could have enough time to study, but he refused, so I asked him if I can study, but he also refused because I will have so much work and I won’t be able to study.

    PLEASE EVERYONE, I need you advise, I am going to have my FAR exam in May and I am wondering if I should leave PwC and just get all my free time for studying, or I should keep working and give a try if I can handle both CPA and work.

    FAR -
    BEC -
    REG -
    AUD -

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  • #338287
    jeff
    Keymaster

    What's funny is that when we were practicing the video, he was aiming low at my jaw and I have a surgically-repaired upper jaw complete with titanium screws. I told him to punch me in the temple. 🙂

    The spin-kick to the head could be interesting.

    Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

    #338288
    Marivy22
    Participant

    @hili

    Leaving all the family, kids and general issues of everyone, this process is all about commitment and effort. I am using Jeff's ELL Plan and it is working great for me.

    My daily routine is +/- as follow:

    6:00AM get up and ready

    7:20AM leave my son at daycare (he is paying the CPA price too)

    7:30AM – 8:30AM get to work and start studying *****

    12:30PM- 1:30PM 15 mins lunch and Study time *****

    5:00PM – 5:20PM Commute, love the 20 minutes drive 😉

    5:30PM – 7:30PM excercise, cook, and leave everyone happy (hubby and son)

    7:30PM – 10:00PM Study time *****

    I usually do 3-4 hours a day. Don't quit your job!!!

    Done 😉
    Class of 2012!!!!
    Lots of prayers and hard work....

    #338289
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Minimorty

    “As I've said a few times, people passing the exam with a spouse and kids are no “better” than people who do it single. All else being equal, it's just HARDER. How can you possibly disagree with this statement?”

    Easily.

    1) All else is never ‘equal’. A single person could’ve just had a terrible break-up, have no family members there for support, etcetera. They have to put their life on hold to find that special someone, which I would think is a challenge itself. Point is, they don’t have the support of an immediate family and are thus on their own, and I think that counts for something.

    2) As I said, having a family creates structure. A spouse can help pick up the slack. My gf helps out with picking my dry-cleaning, groceries, etcetera. When I was single I had to do all that stuff myself. Someone earlier said they would listen to their notes while they cooked, folded laundry and vacuumed, which is interesting because I forgot that only married people have to do laundry, clean their house and cook food.

    My position is life doesn’t exist in a vacuum and in certain ways it can be more challenging for a single person to take on something like the CPA exam.

    Your position is a condescending “Young, single people are simply utterly clueless when it comes to children, time management and responsibilities.” and “I lol'd at how clueless your post was. Until you have kids, you have no clue what it would be like. No clue”

    You’re claiming that people passing the exam with kids are no ‘better’, but clearly you DO enjoy patting yourself on the back and have no respect for people without kids. It’s like when someone says “with all due respect…”, you know something patronizing is coming. Here in your own words, people without kids are utterly clueless when it comes to time management and responsibilities, so it's easy to see what you really think.

    #338290
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I agree with your point that “all else is never equal”.

    We ourselves aren't equal in terms of intellect, knowledge, preparation…

    I also believe we're very adaptable, so even with kids, the people who want and can, will pass the exams.

    I can only compare my current situation with husband only to an imaginary one with kids and husband.

    And I'm sure, it'd have been much more difficult to my CURRENT me. But my FUTURE me could have handled it nicely lol

    Who knows 😀

    #338291
    Minimorty
    Participant

    I'll take mIa's advice and let this one go.

    @cory – Here's a little light reading material for you. Hope it helps you understand.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceteris_paribus

    #338292
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Come to think of it, I really don't know what we're arguing about?

    For all of you who got their CPAs or still struggling to get there, you're smart and determined people!

    The free (labor) market will later decide who's more capable.

    #338293
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    75 – I can certainly agree with that.

    Eventually I'll have kids and it will be a challenge, I'll just be sure to not become Brian from Family Guy.

    Minimorty – And here's some reading for you. Quoting Latin falls under #2:

    https://www.cracked.com/funny-3809-internet-argument-techniques/

    And more importantly, if you're so busy with kids…you know, since us childess folk can't possibly understand…how do you have so much time to argue on the internet?

    #338294
    Minimorty
    Participant

    Multiple computer screens and wicked multi-tasking skills.

    #338295
    katiekanton
    Member

    @cory

    I laughed so hard at #11 I literally teared up.

    AUD - 88
    FAR - 90
    REG - 85
    BEC - 88

    #338296
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Yes, it's a funny list.

    Minimorty – Fair enough. And I give you credit for a witty response and will thus drop it as well.

    #338297
    Maria Ramon
    Member

    I used to work for one of the Big Four, and during my first semester with the company I Managed to pass REG and AUD. However, I became so busy that studying for the other two was just impossible. I quit the Job and start studying for FAR and BEC, I failed and now I lost my audit credit. It is so frustrating, I just regret I didn't leave the company before.

    #338298
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    @Maria Ramon

    18 months does go by very fast. I wonder why AICPA has such rules when they know CPAs have much more demanding schedule than others.

    #338299
    jeff
    Keymaster

    This post has been nominated for HOF consideration.

    Jeff Elliott, CPA (KS) | Another71 | NINJA CPA | NINJA CMA | NINJA CPE

    #338300
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    I submit one vote for admission into the HoF

    #338301
    Minimorty
    Participant

    Haha. The title alone merits consideration for the HOF.

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