I was walking out from work last night at about 8:30 pm and there were only four cars in the company's huge parking lot - mine, the mgr's, the senior mgr's, and the security guard's. Our Toyotas, Hondas and Nissans dominate the visitor's parking lot and are pretty much there longer than employee cars. Which is ironic since visitors parking lots are really designed for 2-3 hour parking since they're right in front of the office. They should have a separate parking lot for auditors and call it "Live-In" Parking.
I'm trying to decide whether to audit financial services companies or non-financial services companies. What would you say are the pros and cons of either industries? Do individuals who choose non-FS have less career mobility within the firm or if they decide not to stay with the B4 after a few years? Really depends on what you'd like to do after (unless you really love auditing). If you want to a controller,etc. at a p/e firm or a hedge fund down the road, you'd want to go into financial services. The pay won't be too bad, especially if you get a share of the insane bonuses they dole out. If you want to audit industries with tangible products and want to get a better understanding of the operations of such businesses, then other industries are the way to go.In terms of mobility outside the firm, auditing other industries is the way to go since you have plenty of options when you exit the audit world. For example, in 2008, after Lehman collapsed, it was incredibly hard ...
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