I’m gonna graduate this coming winter , and I have no job. I have applied lots of small and middle firm and nobody’s wants me. 😭What am I gonna do after graduation? I had one internship and that company didn’t not get me an offer, I’m trying to find another intern in Tax and there’s not much left for the tax job. I feel so sad😭. I tried so hard to get my bachelor degree and end up have no job. I’m so sad 😭

Does anyone else hate it when vendors payment terms are “due upon receipt”? It drives me nuts when non-accounting people do this on their invoices and then are upset when it takes a week or two for payment to go out.

1) we have systems in place to confirm the invoice is both real and accurate
2) our bank takes a day to do ACH payments (entered on a Monday goes out on a Tuesday)
3) sometimes our small accounting team does not have bandwidth to do the AP portion THE SECOND YOU EMAIL THE INVOICE
4) I can’t turn around payment if you send me an invoice at 4:30 pm. The bank has cutoff times for approvals

It’s just unrealistic and then they bitch about not getting paid. Karen, the payment is coming. You’re getting paid the same week you sent the invoice, do you not get how rare and quick that is?

Rant over

Listen I know im preaching to choir but my lord, its just so dumb. Who said no overtime pay for us? Which one of you snakes let this happen.

I see why we are all depressed now, but its okay tomorrow the suffering ends. Kinda

Sorry for being a bummer, thanks for coming to my TED talk

How is tax auditor for local gov?

Basically my full question is in the thread title. I pride myself on doing a great job but it appears that timesheets and rushing jobs due to budget and time constraints are often preferred.

On our first exam, I got a 77%, which was actually above the class average. This was our 2nd exam. I scored a literal 35%. My grade in the class has plummeted from an 88% to a 69%.

I genuinely don't understand how I performed this badly. Worst case scenario I was expecting a 50%...but a 35%?

This is hands down without a doubt the worst I have ever performed on an exam in my entire academic career.

Apparently the class average was a 65%. I didn't even get anywhere close to that. I'm at a loss for words.

When I first saw the grade, I literally thought it must've been a mistake. I just cannot believe I scored THAT badly on an exam.

I think I may need to reconsider this major entirely. I already wasn't big on it, but after this I truly just don't know what to do.

CFO 3 months in. Audit fieldwork has been delayed twice, just discovered an entirety of a property’s equity was booked to revenue in 2019, and went to RE (auditors signed off on this btw in 2020), cash flow is a hairs way from not making payroll with income being municipal funded while they’re not distributing funds this month (their own audit) and DMLO can’t understand donations are not grants, and vice versa.

Yes, every company’s fiscal / accounting dept is a dumpster fire. At least I get wing stop today, while my partners are at the management retreat. I’d consider this a win for me.

Been laid off over a year ago. Moved and now back in the market and 0 bites. Is the accounting profession over for me? Not sure what to do with my career now.

I have an interview tomorrow with the SF KPMG office for an entry level M&A Tax Associate position. I'm from Texas and haven't been able to get in touch with any employees from that particular office/team despite talking to recruiters and messaging people on LinkedIn etc. I think I have a good enough argument for why I'm interested in San Francisco itself, but I'm having a difficult time arguing "why KPMG" compared to other firms, particularly since I don't know anything about the SF office culture. For the other firms I've interviewed with, I've been able to meet with employees and truly gauge my interest in working with that particular group of people, why has made answering the "why" question easy. Does anyone have any experience with or knowledge about the SF office (and possibly tax/M&A tax) they'd be willing to share? I'd also just be happy to hear any interview tips/information about why you like KPMG as well. Thank you in advance!

Doesn’t bother me most of the time, but when they send me a message saying I’d be a great candidate for a role that is clearly below my level of experience, it insults me. Like did you even read my profile

What is the point of a budget if the entire group I work with are going to consistently blow it yet still set the same amount of hours?

And why do the senior leaders keep telling us not to book all our time?

Edit: Should I book all my time or do whatever my direct managers tell me to do?

Only max 22 hours to go 🫠🫠🫠 SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK

I have 12 years experience in accounting with a master's in accounting and currently put myself in a challenge to pass the enrolled agent exam. I've always been low balled at 65k.. and every time I work in a new position.. I'm the smartest one.. I'm shocked how a lot of my colleagues don't know much.. I will start looking for a new position... How do y'all get the 80k plus salaries... This is going to be my new challenge cause I'm pretty qualified

I am in my last semester of my bachelors in accounting. I have an offer with BDO starting next fall/winter but also recently got offered a job at a government position at lower pay starting in January right after I graduate in December. Are the gov benefits and w/l balance worth the lower pay? Also, the gov position will still cover and support me getting my CPA.

Live in the midwest. BDO offer is 73k and government offer is 65k. Also the gov position is hourly and occasionally there are OT opportunites.

I’ve recently been offered a post grad FT job by Protiviti to be a business performance improvement consultant in their “financial reporting remediation & compliance” division.

Considering how cooked this job market is, I will be accepting. The role is very interesting and I don’t think I’ll regret choosing it. It pretty much matches the work in accounting advisory practices at other firms.

However, over the past year and a half, I’ve made the decision to pursue tax specific roles bc I’ve found that lane to be more interesting than audit and more intuitive for my personal comprehension. Tax is definitely what I’ve hoped to kick my career off in.

But like I said, the job market has been extremely tough for post grads. I’ve been rejected 3/4 big four companies so far. I applied to Goldman Sachs and Alvarez & Marsal, some industry companies, and a few other mid market firms but ever since I got the interviews w Protiviti, I haven’t really cared to continue looking beyond that. Plus I haven’t heard back yet from any of those other places in almost 2 months now.

I’d love to get any advice or thoughts from anyone who’s in the same position as I am (relative to your endeavors) or who have been in this position.

More about me: I’m currently a masters student in accounting with a focus on tax compliance trying to complete my credit hours to sit for the cpa exams.

I thought it would get more interesting and decided to give it a chance but damn... More terms and formulas. It's not as difficult as I thought it would be but I feel miserable studying this. Am I cooked majoring in Accounting?

I'm torn...I work for a private company doing about $60m a year and planned growth. We used to have a CFO, Controller, Accounting Manager and outsourced staff accountant.

We eliminated the staff accountant role (ai automation) and people have since left the company. Now it's just ME doing everything and they're trying to hire a VP of Finance.

They offered me $175k for the controller position but I'm literally doing 2.5 peoples jobs (I'm counting the staff accountant role as a half bc while we did automate some stuff theres still things that need to be done). We used to spend over $400k on all these roles and now they only want to pay me $175k.

Do I quit or take the money?

Update: They are not budging on going up from $175k so I took it for now to get controller title on my resume and am actively looking for new jobs. Have an interview tomorrow. Wish me luck on getting out of here asap.

I’m a (sorta) non-traditional senior graduating in May 2027 with my bachelors, and I have no accounting experience. I studied marketing 2021-2023 and took 2 years off due to personal reasons. Started school again Fall 2025 and switched to accounting in the following Spring 2026 semester. I graduate this May and have no idea what I’m going to do.

I applied for internships for this past summer but I switched to accounting literally right at the start of the spring semester and didn’t get any bites on the ones I applied to. I did a marketing internship after my sophomore year but I know that doesn’t amount to anything for accounting. I’ve been looking into doing VITA and even considering just cold emailing small firms to ask if they need any unpaid help for this upcoming tax season. I’m also thinking about applying for summer internships after graduation instead of full time jobs but most (if not all) postings are solely for juniors/rising seniors and below, not recent grads. any advice???

Long-time lurker, first-time poster...

​I recently left my previous accounting job after reaching a breaking point with severe burnout. That department was pure chaos, poor leadership, gatekept systems, and when team turnover hit, an extra workload was dumped on top of my existing responsibilities with minimal training.

​Fast forward to recently, I started a new job thinking it would be a fresh start. Unfortunately, I’m already hitting a wall. The manager is night and day from how they presented in interviews. There’s no grace period for onboarding, and because their financial records are a total mess, it feels like they were looking for a miracle worker to fix everything overnight. The pressure has me second-guessing every move and making lots of small errors, which is just fueling my anxiety.

​Financially, I’m fortunate to have a solid emergency fund with about a year's worth of living expenses covered. Mentally, though, I’m struggling hard with imposter syndrome, depression, and sheer exhaustion.

​I'm trying to figure out if I should just cut my losses now to protect my sanity, try to stick it out while secretly applying elsewhere, or maybe pivot to temp/contract work for a bit to decompress. If I do walk away, I'm also wondering about the best way to handle wiping this stint off my resume and explaining a small gap later on.

Passed a zoom interview for a firm of about 70 people, and so I have an in person interview coming up, the thing stressing me out is I have a 3.1 GPA, which I guess they don’t care about it? Just seeking general advice thanks.