08-05-2003, 01:48 AM
14 hours... only??!!
Lol... had this been only 14 hours, i am sure that no trainee wouldve ever complained. I myself have once worked for 4 days and three nights straight, with only a nap of about 4 hours in this whole time!
16-17 hour workdays were a norm in my articleship. 12-13 hours were considered 'jaldi chutti' <img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>. A normal 9 to 530 workday was supposed to be a 'Gaali' and ppl who committed that mistake were taken as slackers.
Evolution... yeah i know that the partners themselves did go through the same 'ragraa', but that doesnt give them the right to make life hell for their trainees. When they reach the senior positions, they totally forget about the miseries they themselves went through in their articleship days. And they are totally to blame for accepting unrealistic target dates.
Had i been in their position, i never would've metted out this sort of treatment to their 'cheap labor' (a famous term uttered by one of ICAP's most influential players to describe the audit trainees) although lol.. thank god i have much better things to do than to be a partner of a CA firm!! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Even cattle have some rights, but it seems that a CA trainee loses all his the day his registration card comes in his custody. The only things that remain after that for the next four years are his obligations towards the firm and his manager and all the dinners he has to give to his peers and seniors. hehehe
On a serious note, since this is a student's forum and many prospective students of CA must be reading this, so i must say to them to not get discouraged by my experiences described above. Maybe i got a raw deal during my articleship and got hectic clients. In your case, it may be easier....
... or WORSE!! <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> lol... just kidding!
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Arrrgh... it sure's gonna be mighty rough sailin' today ... mates!
Lol... had this been only 14 hours, i am sure that no trainee wouldve ever complained. I myself have once worked for 4 days and three nights straight, with only a nap of about 4 hours in this whole time!
16-17 hour workdays were a norm in my articleship. 12-13 hours were considered 'jaldi chutti' <img src=icon_smile.gif border=0 align=middle>. A normal 9 to 530 workday was supposed to be a 'Gaali' and ppl who committed that mistake were taken as slackers.
Evolution... yeah i know that the partners themselves did go through the same 'ragraa', but that doesnt give them the right to make life hell for their trainees. When they reach the senior positions, they totally forget about the miseries they themselves went through in their articleship days. And they are totally to blame for accepting unrealistic target dates.
Had i been in their position, i never would've metted out this sort of treatment to their 'cheap labor' (a famous term uttered by one of ICAP's most influential players to describe the audit trainees) although lol.. thank god i have much better things to do than to be a partner of a CA firm!! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
Even cattle have some rights, but it seems that a CA trainee loses all his the day his registration card comes in his custody. The only things that remain after that for the next four years are his obligations towards the firm and his manager and all the dinners he has to give to his peers and seniors. hehehe
On a serious note, since this is a student's forum and many prospective students of CA must be reading this, so i must say to them to not get discouraged by my experiences described above. Maybe i got a raw deal during my articleship and got hectic clients. In your case, it may be easier....
... or WORSE!! <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> lol... just kidding!
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Arrrgh... it sure's gonna be mighty rough sailin' today ... mates!
