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Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :

Switching companies. Same type work, better pay, nicer bosses, bigger office, better hours, less stress.

[Party]

The best part: no more unethical (as far as I'm concerned) business practices. Honesty.

::sigh::

I'm so happy.

Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :

[The Wave]

Here's to better times.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

[Party]

Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :

Woo! [Smile]

What type of work do you do again?

Posted by rubble (Member # 6454) on :

Congrats. Good Luck!

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Congrats, Boon!

Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :

I'm in a bind - I love the company I'm working for.

One of their clients approached me with a job offer - more career opportunities, 12k pay bump and better benefits.

[Wall Bash]

-Trevor

Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :

I prepare personal income tax returns in the spring.

30% better hourly pay, over 50% better pay overall.

For fewer hours per week.

I get to do teacher and emergency workers' tax returns for FREE in March.

I only have to work when Hubby's home, so we don't have to put the baby in daycare, and the kids can still ride the bus home after school.

The new office will not be opening on Sundays because it's against the owners' personal beliefs. They won't ask us to do anything they wouldn't do themselves. Yay!

And the only time I'll have to work past 5pm is during the 2-3 weeks of peak.

The office is only a 10 minute drive from home, compared to the 35 minute drive of last year. This means that I'll have time to get myself ready to go AFTER I put the kids on the school bus. This cuts down on morning chaos considerably.

Oh yeah, they even offered to let me put a playpen in the office if I'd come to work every day. When I declined, citing the best interests of the baby, they were very pleased. They're family people, and feel the children should be everyone's first priority.

When I told them I was breastfeeding, they (without me suggesting it!) offered to put a nice rocking chair behind the partition for me, either to pump, or to sit with the baby if I want to have Hubby bring him up for a snack. !!!

Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :

Wow, that definitely sounds like a much better place to be, Boon!!! Congrats!

Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :

Congrats Boon!

Sounds far less taxing...

[Wink]

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

Yep, Bob's right--I'll bet that was an EZ job offer to accept.I'm sure you'll want to return next year.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Wow - sounds great all around! Congratulations.

Posted by Lupus (Member # 6516) on :

wow, sounds like a great work environment. congrats

Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :

Wow. That's so awesome. Congrats!

Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :

That reminds me of a joke. An accountant and two gypsies walk into a bar, and the accountant says, "Hey cool! Real gypsies!"

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

That sounds wonderful, Boon! [Smile]

Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :

Congrats, Boon. [Smile]

Ya know, I've always wondered what tax return people do during the rest of the year. Someone once told me that businesses need taxes done all the time. Is that true? I don't see how places like H&R Block and other tax places make enough to live year round and stay open.

What happens April 16th to December?

-Katarain

Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :

Boon, that is so awesome. Sounds like your new environment will be structured to support you in the work you love to do -- both raising your child and excercising your job training in meaningful ways.

I'm so, so happy for you. [Smile]

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

It's personal tax returns that are due April 15th in the US. In Canada, it's April 30th. But - and also in Canada - people who are self-employed don't have to file until June 30th. However, corporations have fiscal year end dates at the end of whatever month they chose. That is, they chose which month when they incorporate or fairly shortly after. In Canada, the corporate tax return is due six months after the year end date. So a corporation with a year end of January 31st has to file by July 31st.

Also quoting Canadian. I was a Canadian, so that's what I know. Oh wait, no, I'm still a Canadian, I just don't live there anymore . . .

Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :

That is GREAT Boon! All companies should be that family friendly.

[ December 12, 2004, 10:15 AM: Message edited by: dread pirate romany ]

Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :

90% of the tax preparers I know only work part time in the spring. Some of them have full time jobs as bank tellers, teachers, grocers, etc. Lots of them are students. Lots of them are moms like me, whose husbands work full time.

Companies like mine train tax preparers from October through December. We only do personal income tax returns. That means the office closes in April.

Business returns are usually done by the CPAs who own the business. And yes, that's year round.

Personally, I like only working 3 months a year. I get summers off to play with the kids. I make enough money to go to the zoo any time I want to and get extras. About the time I start getting bored with the job, it's over. And when I start really missing the adult interaction, it's time to go back to work. [Razz]

Posted by Katarain (Member # 6659) on :

Thanks for the info. [Smile]

I was always curious about that! [Smile]

Sounds like a great job. We went to a tax preparer last time. They were really nice. [Smile]

-Katarain