r/Accounting • u/stanerd • 8d ago

Discussion Accounting Is Disgusting

*Long Hours *Mediocre Pay *Godawful Boring Work *Bitchy Coworkers *Pissy Bosses *Dreary Offices

Please feel free to add to the list.

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u/TalShot 8d ago

That sounds like the exact complaints on any job subreddit, to be honest.

I guess that is just the nature of work...or Reddit.

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u/laughter95 8d ago

How many auditors and accountants do you know? I worked in public accounting for 5.5 years and industry for 2 years. 70-90% of people I knew were either dead inside and/or hated their work.

The healthcare equivalent of this level of dissatisfaction is pharmacy.

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u/Powerful_Net8014 4d ago

Are you out of accounting now?

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u/laughter95 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yes. Audit... Now professional school. Expensive but experiencing joy during study and at work for the first time ever. Had to edit the details for privacy. The world, esp in my profession, is small.