I was looking into being an accountant and pretty much you have to start off in public accounting (which with the long hours and hell during tax week sound horrible), and relatively low pay I am getting second thoughts.
Should I switch out if I don't want to go the Public route bc I would like to be a private accountant but that pays close to nothing. I am looking into MIS right now. Any suggestions?
>>1261795
Im doing accounting too at the moment. Only a sophomore. No idea if it is right or wrong.
From what i hear though MIS is much worse basically a watered down business degree that seems techy but you dont learn any real hard skills
>>1262724
I feel that it depends on school to school. At my school, one professor said 97% of seniors have atleast 1 job offer before graduating and 90% have multiple.
I do not know how good the jobs are and the degree is considered pretty decent at my school as I believe we are top 20 ranked
If you don't know someone in the big 4 then you will not get a job there.
>>1264116
If i was going into accounting, I wouldn't want to work in a big 4. If i had to start public I would look at smaller companies as big 4 seems like living in hell
>>1261795
Accounting will be boring at times, and yes you will have to work long hours if you're just starting out (especially in a Big 4).
However, you can easily get yourself into a fairly relaxed role that still pays decent money. My suggestion would be to specialise in Treasury. It's not that hard and it pays better than just a normal Group Accountant role.
I work at Ernst & Young, Netherlands though. Hours are pretty long time to time, upside is though that all the extra hours are time for time, so either vacation or paid. Job has been great for me, mostly due to the colleagues I work with.
Upside of accounting, at least here, is that when you've got your title and you don't feel like working for a big 4 company or one of the smaller ones for that matter you'll have a lot of opportunities at other companies
