accountingsucks
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I am in a finance role and just had my annual increment. We don't have formalised reviews really - was told everything is good with my work, always meet my deadlines BUT had a comment about me leaving at 4:30 every day which coincides with our official ending time. Others in the group don't, sometimes staying late and the optics aren't great for some apparently. I have been there 10+ years, consider myself extremely efficient and tend to stick to my work rather than wasting time chatting a bunch like some co-workers. Also, some of them also come in about 30-45 minutes later then me in the morning.
I'm not overly worried about the comment - I suppose all I can do is ask my colleagues if they need a hand particularly during busier times but I'm not going to stay late just because. We also have our set of responsibilities which I think is fairly distributed - I feel like I could take on alot more from someone else and it wouldn't change the situation much. Some people like to stay late because they know it impresses certain people.
I do work some OT during the year but probably under 50 hours and only when it is an emergency type situation. Accounting is one of those things where you could work 100 hours a week to get everything 100% perfect whereas I think 99.9% is "good enough". To summarise, been there done that kind of thing and again never miss a deadline.
In terms of where I am for FI - basically at LEAN Fire levels and need 7 more years to get what I would consider FAT-ish Fire levels at age of 50. I feel with my designation I could find another job relatively quickly if I had to.
How would others handle this?
I'm not overly worried about the comment - I suppose all I can do is ask my colleagues if they need a hand particularly during busier times but I'm not going to stay late just because. We also have our set of responsibilities which I think is fairly distributed - I feel like I could take on alot more from someone else and it wouldn't change the situation much. Some people like to stay late because they know it impresses certain people.
I do work some OT during the year but probably under 50 hours and only when it is an emergency type situation. Accounting is one of those things where you could work 100 hours a week to get everything 100% perfect whereas I think 99.9% is "good enough". To summarise, been there done that kind of thing and again never miss a deadline.
In terms of where I am for FI - basically at LEAN Fire levels and need 7 more years to get what I would consider FAT-ish Fire levels at age of 50. I feel with my designation I could find another job relatively quickly if I had to.
How would others handle this?
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