Top accountancy firm offers its 11,000 staff sabbaticals or four-day week as credit c

withnell

rikbar wrote: »

With an average partner share of £970k, the good old days seem to be still with us.

http://www.camagonline.co.uk/News/1038.aspx

Maybe one day I will make it to Partner, who knows, but it is nice to dream

"UK senior partner and global chairman" - he's chairman of a huge global accountancy firm with member firms in nearly every country in the world - starts to explain that bonus!

StevieJ

Kez100 wrote: »

Why have they got less work? Surely if audits have been lost insolvency and these pre pack administrations must be increasing?

Presumably as a result of different skill sets, a great deal of the auditing work can be done by relatively inexperienced staff and juniors.

kquine

themanbearpig wrote: »

Graduate starting is £25-30k, and the typical salary after becoming chartered is close to £50k.

Simply isn't true - even for those on a London weighting.

tmm_aka_tracy wrote: »

Id much rather know that I had a salary guaranteed at 80% for the next 18 months, than the fear that I'll have no salary six months from now through redundancy.

But even if everyone signs up, there are no guarantees they won't make people redundant anyway.

4 day week (with 20% pay cut) or 4 to 12 week sabbatical (on 30% pay) or nothing and hope for the best.

What would you all do if your employer offered you this? Particularly if you didn't think your department would be in the firing line for redundancies if/when they happened?

lynzpower

What would you all do if your employer offered you this? Particularly if you didn't think your department would be in the firing line for redundancies if/when they happened?

Id get my overheads low & take the 4 day week!! Who wouldnt want the extra day off!!

michaels

I'd take a reduction in hours or even pay...need to do something clever with working families tax credit methinks. Could probably work 20% and still be on 50% of money after less tax more benefits

pebblespop

i would probably take the four day week - why not?? shave as much as poss off the bills and have a three day weekend. sounds good to me.

kquine

lynzpower wrote:

Id get my overheads low & take the 4 day week!! Who wouldnt want the extra day off!!

pebblespop wrote: »

i would probably take the four day week - why not??

My concern is how my OH is going to feel, if he has to work an extra day than me, for less money, and has to chip in more for the bills (but still not 50%) for my decision to have a day off. I mean, no matter what he says now, surely that's the building blocks for resentment?