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| Originally Posted by Unregistered Hey Guys,
I had a phone interview with ERAC yesterday for a staff accountant position. The recruiter said she wanted me to come in for a second interview. (Atlanta Area)
She also said that this is more of a corporate position than sales, and I will be trained for 9 months about the financial aspects of the business such as payroll, financial statements, auditing, payables, etc.. and then I will get promoted to Financial Statement Analyst position. After that, I will be promoted to Accounting Manager position, and finally, I will be moved up to Business Manager Position.
What she said kind of sounded too good to be true, and I decided to do a little research, and came across this site. I read almost all of the posts.
My question:
Is this a different position than most of you dissatisfied and unhappy folks had, or is it just another way to sell their-so called- worthless crap???
I would appreciate the feedback! |
Yes, most of what you read is Rental, but I have an inside look into the Accounting dept. What they are feeding you is BS. I know some people who worked in accounting in the Washington D.C area. Many of them left their position, because the upward mobility wasn't there. Every Group is divided into Regions, every Region an Area and so on. All the accounting is done at the Group or Regional level. I am not certain how it is setup in the Group level, but I would assume similar to the Regional. Anyway, the D.C region I worked in had 1 Comptroller and 2 Business Managers. The only way you can get to these positions is if one of these people leave or die - provided you made it to Accounting Manager. Usually, in each region (at least in D.C) there are 1-2 Accounting Managers and you can only reach this position provided they leave or die, and so on. So mainly You, like all the other accountants only reach Financial Statement Analyst - provided they want to promote and give you a pay raise for doing the same work as a Staff Accountant. Sure there maybe opportunities to proceed up the latter within the other Regions in the Group or maybe even the Group or other Groups and their Regions, but be prepared for long commutes or potentially moving if this happens. Many of the people I know who went to accounting, or started right off in accounting eventually left, because they - after they completed their training - remained Staff Accountants, and because the same political culture existed in Accounting as it did in Rental. I even know a girl who left accounting to join rental, because she was hoping it would be better! Boy did she get a rude awakening!!