What are the working conditions of accountants?

Answer 1

First of all, it would depend upon what sort of accountant you want to be. If you are in the corporate world of accounting, you'd most likely be in an office environment, i.e., air conditioned office, nice surroundings, gorgeous women, er, well, maybe. Your job there could be one of many things. You could be looking over P & L's of departments, or you may be overseeing the payroll department. You might involved in preparing the year-end financials that will eventually go to the corporate CPA's for auditing later. The tax department may be where you will work with making sure various records are in order for the controller to prepare the annual tax returns or the quarterly payroll tax returns. If you are in your own firm, as I've been for the better part of 27 years, you make your own working conditions. In my firm, for the majority of the time, I performed accounting work related to the preparation of the bookkeeping, accounting and tax work for small- and medium-sized businesses. I spent a good deal of my time marketing to prospective clients, visiting work sites of prospects and clients alike. There is a lot of stress in your own firm to deal with as there are always deadlines to meet. Now, I do only taxes, having closed my other firm years ago. In this line of work, I'm in my office for 4 months of the year every day but Sunday. My days run from 7 or 8 in the morning until 9 at night. During the off-season, I'm in my office one day per week from 9 - 6. I like this very much as there is a whole lot less stress and I have a lot of free time to pursue other ventures and interests.