re: Any of you married men with families ever quit your job without having another lined up?

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I’m fine with working 50 hours a week or more if I’m actually able to do my job. The problem is that the people who hired me didn’t bother to train me on how to do my job, and now everything is turning into a shite storm now that it’s busy season.

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How big is your firm?

Sounds like a small firm where the managers / partners don't know how to delegate work, so they are so busy getting their own billable hours that they don't have the time, or more accurately, the patience to train.

This is why smaller firms traditionally used to not like to hire newbies (and it sure seems like you don't have a lot of experience). They knew they didn't have time or patience to train people.

The larger firms have their issues... but training usually isn't one of them... their training programs are usually top notch.

What do you feel like you are not being trained at? Do you not know how to use the software? All of the big tax and accounting programs have tons of tutorials out there.

Do you not know tax law? No one knows crap about tax law when they start... hell after 20 years there's a ton of new stuff I see every day. Get familiar with your research software.

I hate the term SALY, but if you are this new... you are probably getting a lot of work that is repeat customers... just look at last year and try to follow along.

But you are going to likely have to take the initative to learn a lot of stuff yourself. Look, I used to tell all my newbies (back when I had newbies) that the first year ro two, you are going to suck at your job. You are going to fail, a whole lot. You are going to make tons of mistakes. You are NOT going to get anything through review without a ton of changes.

And there is nothing wrong with that. You need to learn. That is how you learn. But a lot of people show up with 3.9 GPAs and freak out when their first two hour return has 14 review notes. It's ok. We have all been there.

You have been a little hesitant to tell us much about your situation... I understand. But... find someone in your firm, in another firm, etc, that you can talk to, and go to for help. Some people will blow you off because our profession attracts a decent number of psychopaths. But others will help you... maybe not at that exact moment, but they will help you.