I understand that. I left corporate and entered academia. It's not for everyone,

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Jan 11, 2022
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but I love the work, the pay is good enough, and I have great flexibility.

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Time

Career Burnout Stories - Hit Me.

Madam Pattirini

1/11/22 3:22pm

RE: Career Burnout Stories - Hit Me.

Kilgore Trout

1/11/22 3:24pm

Public Transportation would be a big change.

Madam Pattirini

1/11/22 3:25pm

I used to get sick on Sunday nights because I dreaded going to work the next day

crack

1/11/22 3:25pm

Sounds like it worked out marvelously.

Madam Pattirini

1/11/22 3:26pm

It did in a variety of ways. I don't think my ADHD mouth would survive in

crack

1/11/22 3:37pm

Moral of the story - the US health insurance system is MESSED UP

Wolvercougs

1/11/22 3:28pm

There was actually more to the story. One place told us we could get insurance

crack

1/11/22 3:34pm

RE: I used to get sick on Sunday nights because I dreaded going to work the next

cougarblue

1/11/22 3:41pm

I understand that. I left corporate and entered academia. It's not for everyone,

TailgateU

1/11/22 3:42pm

Flexibility is one of the most underrated considerations

YSMACK

1/11/22 4:02pm

I'm burnt out but my job is pretty easy so I just spend a lot of time doing other stuff while WFH.

Mike Honcho

1/11/22 3:25pm

power binged so many shows the last 2 years.

Mayor of Cougartown

1/11/22 3:40pm

Can you take a sabbatical? I kinda did. Changed everything. I now am in a solid

grosven

1/11/22 3:27pm

2,600 charge hours last year as a CPA

Chester Copperpot

1/11/22 3:27pm

Probably could have just left it at "CPA"

Mike Honcho

1/11/22 3:28pm

True dat

Chester Copperpot

1/11/22 3:29pm

Wow. That's incredible.

Madam Pattirini

1/11/22 3:31pm

Charge hour is an hour worked

Chester Copperpot

1/11/22 3:35pm

But probably does not include additional hours worked on admin, etc.?

TailgateU

1/11/22 3:43pm

That is correct.

Chester Copperpot

1/11/22 3:44pm

Possible double/triple billing helps push those hrs up. Still a lot of work.

TeeKaa

1/12/22 12:10am

50 hours a week?

4thand19

1/11/22 3:36pm

Or more. CPA work isn't spread evenly throughout the year.

Chester Copperpot

1/11/22 3:38pm

Ernst and Young burned me out within 5 years.

Taccoug

1/11/22 3:39pm

Same for my friend. Went to another company and is MUCH HAPPIER!

baishel44

1/11/22 3:47pm

I have done 3000+ in a calendar year twice as a developer

bluelands

1/11/22 3:46pm

Dang brother!!!! That's a lot of hours

IDAHO 4 Y

1/12/22 8:13am

It's too many. Combination of partners retiring and not being able to hire CPAs

Chester Copperpot

1/12/22 9:45am

Currently working through a burn out.

trueblue04

1/11/22 3:31pm

I know a guy on CB that faked a heart attack (up to the point they performed actual heart surgery on him) in order

Vincent's Picks

1/11/22 3:34pm

None of the availble reactions fit here. . .

Madam Pattirini

1/11/22 3:35pm

Don’t you think doctors would actually run tests on him first to confirm?

stenso

1/11/22 3:37pm

Nah.. do it all the time without objective findings as you can still have

cougfanz

1/11/22 3:59pm

This guy?

crack

1/11/22 3:38pm

Common in the military to get 100% disability somehow, full retirement

novacoug1

1/11/22 3:45pm

that's a function of how the military and VA compound a lot of minor injuries/issues to add up to 100%

byujag

1/11/22 7:23pm

Not exactly burnout, more like dead end.

Florwood

1/11/22 3:36pm

realized I get the same raise if I ask for tons of "stretch" assignments vs coas

Mayor of Cougartown

1/11/22 3:44pm

In medicine. I ended up taking an employed gig with a hospital corporation

cougfanz

1/11/22 3:55pm

I’m in the middle of the change and it’s great, should have done it years ago

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