Oooooooooomg exam midterm midterm midterm exam. Advanced accounting is on Thurs and I'm very very behind but I can't FOCUS! Actually that's a lie because I took this stuff called "ginkgo biloba" which is a herb that "improves memory & cognitive function, enhances circulation." So yes I've been very attentive, TO SURFING THE NET. My cycle has become CNN - TheStar - CuteOverload - Nature - Craigslist - RFD - Gmail - RogersMail - WLUmail - Fark - NYTimes. Wash rinse and repeat! No sleep for the wicked.
A funny thing happened today. I finally mailed off my acceptance to KPMG's offer to take me on as a peon for the next few years, and when I got home from the post office, I found a pretty gift basket from PWC. Hurray! At first I was swept with guilt, but that lessened over the night inversely related to the amount of chocolate I ate. Here's what I got:
$5 Timmy's GC, 2 movie tickets + concession snacks, oreo cookies, toothpaste, lever2000 bar soap, pwc brand lipbalm, mni boxes of cereal, 2 nike golf balls + tees, skittles, mars bar, lindt chocolate, Kraft dinner, a mini stationery set (tape/stapler/highliter), a fancy shmancy travel mug, and to top that all off, a hand written card from the campus recruitment manager saying congratulations for receiving their offer.
Gifts and the such seem to be norm for hiring students into full-time at accounting firms. Over the last month or so PWC has sent me a suitcase (the wheelie ones that seemingly important people wheel around at the airport with important things inside), put me up in the Royal York, provided a limo as transportation for a night of drinks and sushi at the Boiler House, not to mention expensing everything involved with getting myself to and from these events.
On the other hand, there was KPMG. They didn't give away anything TOO overly lavish. As part of my offer I received Dr. Seuss' "Oh the Places You'll Go!", a copy of Macleans (which showed both KPMG -and- PWC as top 100 employers in Canada), a $10 GC for Starbucks so I can have a little time off during exams (accompanied by a card signed be some managers wishing good luck), and a party at the Steam Whistle hotel plus an overnight stay at the Renaissance Hotel. Oh and then there was that $90 lunch after my interview.
At the end of it though I don't think it was the gifts or how much they spent on recruiting us that swayed my decision. My thoughts now aren't too far from my initial impressions of these 2 firms after I first interviewed with them. It was a tough choice, and I can't complain about being in this position because you really can't lose. All I have to do now is to do decently well on this blasted exam so I can play.
By the way thanks for the surprises and acts of general kindness on (and before...and after) my birthday. Tax exam the day after dampened the festivities a little, but I couldn't have asked for more. YOU'RE THE MAN!
A funny thing happened today. I finally mailed off my acceptance to KPMG's offer to take me on as a peon for the next few years, and when I got home from the post office, I found a pretty gift basket from PWC. Hurray! At first I was swept with guilt, but that lessened over the night inversely related to the amount of chocolate I ate. Here's what I got:
$5 Timmy's GC, 2 movie tickets + concession snacks, oreo cookies, toothpaste, lever2000 bar soap, pwc brand lipbalm, mni boxes of cereal, 2 nike golf balls + tees, skittles, mars bar, lindt chocolate, Kraft dinner, a mini stationery set (tape/stapler/highliter), a fancy shmancy travel mug, and to top that all off, a hand written card from the campus recruitment manager saying congratulations for receiving their offer.
Gifts and the such seem to be norm for hiring students into full-time at accounting firms. Over the last month or so PWC has sent me a suitcase (the wheelie ones that seemingly important people wheel around at the airport with important things inside), put me up in the Royal York, provided a limo as transportation for a night of drinks and sushi at the Boiler House, not to mention expensing everything involved with getting myself to and from these events.
On the other hand, there was KPMG. They didn't give away anything TOO overly lavish. As part of my offer I received Dr. Seuss' "Oh the Places You'll Go!", a copy of Macleans (which showed both KPMG -and- PWC as top 100 employers in Canada), a $10 GC for Starbucks so I can have a little time off during exams (accompanied by a card signed be some managers wishing good luck), and a party at the Steam Whistle hotel plus an overnight stay at the Renaissance Hotel. Oh and then there was that $90 lunch after my interview.
At the end of it though I don't think it was the gifts or how much they spent on recruiting us that swayed my decision. My thoughts now aren't too far from my initial impressions of these 2 firms after I first interviewed with them. It was a tough choice, and I can't complain about being in this position because you really can't lose. All I have to do now is to do decently well on this blasted exam so I can play.
By the way thanks for the surprises and acts of general kindness on (and before...and after) my birthday. Tax exam the day after dampened the festivities a little, but I couldn't have asked for more. YOU'RE THE MAN!
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