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There’s some cruel irony of you bringing up accounting for more stability when another poster in these comments said his father was laid off from an accounting
by devonkim 7y ago
There’s some cruel irony of you bringing up accounting for more stability when another poster in these comments said his father was laid off from an accounting job in his 40s and never found another job again. Modern work is brutal in the developed world and our institutions both government and market are failing at utilizing the wealth of human experience and knowledge available primarily for the sake of institutions built upon generations of burn-out, complacency, and cronyism as the dark sides of the virtues of diligence, solidarity, and trust relationships.
- intended 7y agoNot accounting, he said finance. Usually accountants get hired, while finance types are the ones capable of making retirement savings.
- pmiller2 7y agoNot to mention PWC was one of the companies named in the article as a potential perpetrator of age discrimination.
- madengr 7y agoHad lunch with a friend yesterday, who told me his daughter and her her husband, both under 40, are now partners at their accounting firm. Household income of $480k in flyover country. Maybe accounting is like bimodal legal salaries, you either make it to the top, or you are out.
- TheCoelacanth 7y agoKey word there is "partners". They aren't just accountants, they are also business owners. Any field can give a good income if you own a successful business.