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Boy, do tempers fly when we're deep into busy season. People get tired of each other, stress levels are high, people yell for things that really minor in the scheme of things. Our proximity to each other for long periods of time obviously leads to chaos. Maybe we should be in cubes during busy season for our own sanity. And I love it when the client complains if they have to work past 6:30. Seriously? Will one-two days a month really stall your life? The fact that we tend to be so close to each other in age helps, since we do have common threads of communication. Maybe I'm wrong about this, but imagine people from different generations working in the same room for hours upon hours on a daily basis. Or maybe it will actually lead to more respect amongst team members, and thus lead to internalized tempers rather than externalized temper. Which is worse? No idea..I'm no psychologist.
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Anonymous said…
Since 'busy season' seems to span about half or more of the year, how does the rest of the year look like? Do you get any slack time during the summer and use comp time or are the extra hours a gift to the company from the grateful employees?
March 2, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Anonymous said…
We have all been pretty much the same age on my audit teams, but occasionally a manger or senior manager will hang out with us. Generally, they just kind of get sucked into our youthful ways, haha. If they *like* the extra respect, they won't bother sitting in the audit room with us and will find themselves a cube :)
March 7, 2009 at 8:50 AM
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