Work experience after qualifying as a CA

[aomar296]

Hi all,

I would just like to gauge everyone's experience on how your work life is after qualifying as a CA?

How is your working hours and do you manage to maintain a good work life balance?

So far my experience has been the total opposite with constant deadlines and pressure with the nature of work being quite mundane and frustrating at times not really adding much value,

I would like to assess if this is the norm at other companies as well. I am in the reporting function within my company,

Looking forward to your responses,

Thanks,

 

[GhostSixFour]

Find a new job. One that is more inline with your expectations. Really, this is the benefit that having a degree or a professional qualification gives you - the freedom of choice.

Normally though, less pressure and less deadlines = less pay, in your case though you're getting mundane work, so you could possibly move for less mundane, but more "responsibility" and thus keep your pay at the same level.

PS. I'm not a CA, but your problem is not unique to CA's.

 

[HeftyCrab]

Hi all,

I would just like to gauge everyone's experience on how your work life is after qualifying as a CA?

How is your working hours and do you manage to maintain a good work life balance?

So far my experience has been the total opposite with constant deadlines and pressure with the nature of work being quite mundane and frustrating at times not really adding much value,

I would like to assess if this is the norm at other companies as well. I am in the reporting function within my company,

Looking forward to your responses,

Thanks,

That pretty much sounds like all the CA's I know. Not the mundane work part. The deadlines and long hours part.

 

[Ecko_1]

I qualified end of 2011. First job out of articles has crazy year end deadlines. I was a holding company financial accountant. Next 2 jobs were less demanding. Last 4 years at a SAB brewery was hardly any extra time. Finished at 4 most days. Now I moved into a risk function at a bank. Totally new field and role. Work load is mixed. Most days I don't work extra. Just when there is deadlines. Lots of flexibility though.

 

[Sapphiron]

If you want a better work-life balance, you are probably better off in a financial management position of a medium size company.

If you work in an Audit frim, all the yearly and monthly deadlines are amplified.

*not a CA, but we provide IT Consulting and Business Software to them. close to deadlines, we see around 20% of their users active on their servers at 2am in the morning.

 

[inanabhay]

Salaam Ahmed

Where are you based?

 

[aomar296]

Wasalaam

I am in jhb