Hey Jow Forums, I'm an accounting student and I'm having trouble deciding where to intern

OP here, what's wrong with option 4? It's the option I was leaning to most heavily

Ye, that's why auditing later on is the way to go bro. The workload is tougher and more, but you won't stagnate like in an accounting position at times. Accounting seems more for like when you're leaving audit to join a company at a higher level

Also appreciate the advice a lot btw

Unless you plan on specializing in that industry, property/management will most likely be extremely boring desu. Don't let recruiters trick you into things like travel and expense reimbursement. Ya gotta think there must be a reason why they'd do that (most jobs expense travel anyways)

Property Field full of nepotism
IT you'll be able to anywhere in world

this wojack is basically me

Company 1
-Probably your best bet, $14 entry for not much manual labor, chance to make business connections, and maybe impress boomers with computer skills

Company 2
Smaller Healthcare company
tax
-sounds like you'll be doing a lot of sales calls

Company 3
Large finance company
accounting
$13 hourly
-2nd best option but you will probably want to blow your brains out after a few years of staring at spreadsheets

Company 4
Large retail company
property management
$15 hourly
-sounds enticing, some things to think about. do you have a senpai/gf? you will probably get cucked on when out of town, you will not form any solid business connections bouncing around. property maintenance, like pulling weeds, removing the moldy fridge left by the previous tenants and scraping piss and shit off the walls. best pay but this road will likely only go so far and you will hate the lack of a normal life eventually

Literally any of them just as long as you do work

yeah, good call. I've asked a few buddies as well, companies 1 and 3 seem to be a general consensus. Thoughts on company 2? Tax seems to pay well

>No GF, just fuck tinder hoes. Also, it is corporate property management, so no dealing with tenants. Likely just tons of paperwork

I personally hate tax and flunked it my first go around lmao, but it completely depends on you. So much non-rational legalese, codings and regulations. The firm I work with now, all I know is that I wouldn't want to do that, but some just have a knack for it and like it.

I started mostly in tax for internships, payroll/small biz like 1120s, etc, but my favorite thing was doing compilations which like a bb tier audit, and that's where I dound muh calling.

Do you see yourself going the tax route rather than audit out of school? If so, then yeah, that'd be a great pick

4 easy. Many benefits + you can use that in the future to "manage" others money and property for fees.

CFO here. Company 3 is the best. Compliance sucks, tax at your level is data entry, property management is super specific and requires you learning rules that you don't use anywhere else.

Do it for the biggest and most prestigious company that will look the best of a resume. do it for free if needed

I've been thinking, and I don't really care as much about pay as the nature of the work. I wasn't a big fan of the monotonous nature of GL accounting, so I can't imagine I'll be a fan of tax as well.

I also did some glassdoor research, seems the tax internship would pay $15 hourly minimum, possibly more

I'd also like to clarify company 3 isn't an accounting firm, it's an insurance and financial services company

Stopped reading at 'accounting student'.

You'd probably more like audit in that case. You've got to put in grunt hours, but Option 3 would be your best bet as it feels like the IT spot wouldn't change much.

You're like a junior/senior right? I hate to shill audit, especially now since this has been my hardest year even with the gained competency (disclosure: I'm only 2nd busy season and will be senior associate summer), but it is very mentally stimulating. You can't think strictly money for a career. I got lucky af in that it's a good fit and my coworkers are dope.

Also, remember that this isn't so much as a desperation thing where you have no leverage. Believe me, these companies will be wanting you more to fill that spot. Wherever you go, grin and bear it for a season or two, and it will improve your abilities later on. Godspeed, kiddo :,)

Thanks for the advice man, much appreciated. Just out of curiosity, are you at big 4?

Nope, but it's a mid-size firm similar to their work

If your not surrounded by cuntfaced roasties stay put

No roasties, but my manager was a hardcore dyke

It depends on what you want to do. I would personally go for #3 because that would give you a lot of networking opportunities, and you might just be able to pretend that your accounting degree is a finance degree and get a good job with them. #1 is good if you want to work with accounting systems. I imagine the intersection of IT and accounting has a ton of spergs in it, so most of the people here would fit in quite well. But if the work is in risk and compliance then it's still pretty good. #2 and #4 aren't even bad, but I wouldn't bother unless you're going into either tax or real estate.

>implying those who won't make it in an accounting major don't go to bb-tier finance major