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(Female, Age 30) from Lebanon, OR

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At a Glance

Current Job

Basic data on your current job

Job Title CPA
Salary $79,500
Other Compensation None Set
Hours/Week 35
Company Size (not answered)
Location Lebanon, OR
Years Experience 2 Years

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Years in Career 0
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Current job Q&A

Describe the type of organization you work for.
A medium size firm with 15 accountants. We handle company aaccounts and do not work for just the general public.

Describe your job role and responsibilities.
Handling customer accounts. Billing, taxes, AP, AR.

Please list an additional benefits (beyond compensation) that you receive.
Health, IRA

Do you feel you are under/over or well/fairly compensated at your current position?
Well compensated

Does your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this something you like/dislike about your job? Please explain.

Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
No

Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
No

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A day in the life of…

Please describe a typical workday for you in your current job:

5am to 6am
6am to 7am
7am to 8am At home getting ready to leave for work.
8am to 9am Arrive at work and make a call to a client concerning the addition of employees. Start adding employee information recieved from employer.
9am to 10am Still working on information. Client brought down forms to be processed. Made copies and gave them to the client.. Promised they would be done today.
10am to 11am 15 min break. Finishing up with addition of employees. 10 to be exact. Finished adding and getting ready to start the next project.
11am to 12pm Started monthly payroll for a large corporation that we handle all payroll for. This well consume the rest of my days work.
12pm to 1pm Lunch
1pm to 2pm Back from lunch and back to work on payroll. Got a call from a client regarding a extension on taxes that was filed. Assured them it went through.
2pm to 3pm Payroll. This is a huge client of ours so this happens to be the day that I commit to basically them.
3pm to 4pm 15 min break. Still on payroll. Nothing much to add, just time consuming and repetitious.
4pm to 5pm Looked over my schedule for next week. Adjusted my time so I would have some free time on next Wednesday for my daughters school play. Made copes for a client and faxed them over.
5pm to 6pm Leave work
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