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Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Reviews
What is it like working as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)?
September 2015
Being Promoted.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA):
Pros: Diversity.
Cons: Travel.
June 2015
School work not similar to actual work.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA):
Do your best.
May 2015
Lots of long hours during tax season.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA):
In public accounting, be prepared for a lot of long hours from December through April 15. When I say long hours, I mean 12-17 hour days. 60-80% of a CPA's revenue is earned during this time frame, so it's imperative to put in the time. Unfortunately, this means you sacrifice A LOT of family and personal time. The rest of the world goes on with their lives, but yours is frozen. The flip side of the coin is that you usually are able to enjoy a reduced work week the rest of the year until tax season rolls around again.
April 2015
Good.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA):
Pros: Freedom and flexibilty in completing work on own time.
Cons: Answering to multiple managers and balancing all their expectations.
February 2015
The management.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA):
Pros: Challenging type of work.
Changing challenging.
Cons: Out of state travel.
February 2015
Certified Public Accountant (CPA):
Pros: Ability to.learn many things and work under pressure,
Cons: The stress involved, many tasks to complete with minimal time.
November 2014
Certified Public Accountant (CPA):
Networking and people skills are as much a part of the job as the numbers are.
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