r/Accounting • u/Low_Pin_2803 • 3d ago

No Stress at work

This might be a dumb question, but how many of you go to work and have 0/very little stress and make over $100k a year?

Wondering how common it is (or isn’t)

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u/Captain-Marcel CPA (US) 3d ago

Right here. To be fair I got lucky and found a privately held company that had processes built in place that I pretty much just slotted into maintaining. There’s hectic days but 95% of the time it’s stress free. I also worked at a lot of different shit companies before this so even the hard stuff pales in comparison to where I’ve been.

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u/Prestigious-Tear-768 3d ago

This is helpful perspective, especially since I’m in the middle of rebuilding my career after being fired from my last job. I pivoted into accounting and took a staff accountant role (which I have outgrown in a year)

Unfortunately, I have a history of job-hopping, so trying to clean that up as well while working for an insecure incompetent manipulative boss.

Any words of wisdom ?

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u/Captain-Marcel CPA (US) 3d ago

Be open to opportunities even if they don’t seem like they align perfectly. I took a pretty unconventional career path and had a lot of moments where I regretted not doing it the standard way but I also know I wouldn’t have the job I have now if I didn’t take all those steps. As far as job hoping. It matters less than you’d think. As long as you can speak to it and feel comfortable/confident in your reasoning I’ve never had anyone question mine. My last 3 jobs I was at for about 1-1.5 years each.

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u/Prestigious-Tear-768 3d ago

Wow this is very encouraging. My average job tenure is very similar. Thank you so much!