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  3. Is It A Bit Grim Up North?

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    Haha jokes, I'm back in Watty on friday as well but then goin Ram at Matter in London from there.

    Oceana is shit. Tries to be too posh for it's own good, different themed bars an shit, bare expensive, massive ques and full of bellends. Area on the other hand, anything goes :lol: You'd be much better off on a monday though.

    Oceana is shit

    full of bellends

    full of bellends

    full of bellends

    Damn right.

  18. Anyone Else Finding It Hard To Get A Foot In The Careers Ladder?

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    My experience with PwC was generally bad. I've worked with auditors from Guernsey, London and Zurich and they all seem to have the same lackluster attitude. A friend of a friend used to be an audit manager with them in Guernsey and as a qualified accountant with a number of years audit and fund management experience behind him, he was only earning slightly more than me (I was totally unqualified, just with the right company...). The working conditions are generally accepted to be poor due to the hours and competitive nature of the job, not to mention the boredom.

    We also had their tax advisory people in at one of the first places I worked to assist the in-house lawyers and accountants with a reasonably complicated tax structure composed of a series of blocker corporations. They made no changes to the structure itself, merely the aesthetics of it, such as a few names of the corporations and then even colours on the presentation to be presented to our client. That cost thousands with no actual real input. They didn't even really comment on the structure itself.

    KPMG on the other hand; brilliant. There's still the boredom, especially in the lower echelons, but pay is far more performance based and your career track is based far more on your performance and qualifications rather than how long you've been there and how much corporate dick you can suck.

    Hmmm, yes and no. I just don't see many people doing a university course that seems worth the debt, effort and time. Engineering, Law, Medical sure...but 'Religious Studies'?

    I get your point, however I suppose it's all relative. If, for example, you wanted to teach RS or philosophy or something like that, then you'd need the degree. Also, whereas you and I perhaps wouldn't place that much importance on such degrees in context with the working world and career progression, some people may be able to justify it to themselves purely due to the interest they have in a given subject. I'd love to study RS to be honest...

  19. Anyone Else Finding It Hard To Get A Foot In The Careers Ladder?

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    The sort of company that would only look at degree graduates (unless you're applying to be a professional, ie doctor, lawyer etc) is probably not the sort of company I'd ever want to work for.

    I f**ked about at school and college and now it seems I'm paying for it, (anyone currently doing gcse's/a-levels learn from my mistake!).

    Damn right. I was in the same position. I found it very hard to get a job I knew I could do in my sleep just because I lacked the letters. Was hard enough getting into uni as well!

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