This is why I don’t want to work in a professional services firm
Following is an exchange of emails between me and my mate [Anonymous] who is an accountant. Most professional service firms record every minute of every employee’s day. He has to break his day into six minute blocks and at least 85% of his time must be billed to a client (and he has to come in under budget for each client).
From: [Anonymous]
AND IVE ALREADY MISPLACED 4 UNITS OF TIME… JUST GREAT! Regards, [Anonymous]
AND IVE ALREADY MISPLACED 4 UNITS OF TIME… JUST GREAT! Regards, [Anonymous]
From: Simon
Stop emailing me!! And don’t read this!! ahh, crap, now you’ve done it. Another unit down! S.
Stop emailing me!! And don’t read this!! ahh, crap, now you’ve done it. Another unit down! S.
From: [Anonymous]
LOST 8 now… oh crap…. i need to find a slush fund.. One of the other guys in our group has a client with a huge budget and the work is quick…. thats the job you want… Ill be up at uni at quarter past 4… ill ring ya and we can polish up the report a bit more. Regards, [Anonymous]
LOST 8 now… oh crap…. i need to find a slush fund.. One of the other guys in our group has a client with a huge budget and the work is quick…. thats the job you want… Ill be up at uni at quarter past 4… ill ring ya and we can polish up the report a bit more. Regards, [Anonymous]
[...] to work in finance either, because I’d either end up being a number cruncher or having to log every minute of every day. [...]
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12 Jun 05 at 12:37 pm