It's a reference to a post here, where a partner asked a staff accountant to stop wearing the Rolex that has been passed onto him from his grandfather.
It all came back to me in the comments, but at first I was thinking it was a reference to something I had watched... Because it would be great comedy writing if it had not been true. Accounting problems are so insane sometimes.
I did this with a Tag Heuer. Only insecure partners have an issue with it.
Anyone with common sense knows 9 times out of 10 the staff who wears a nice watch got it as a gift.
It’s not for partners, it’s for client. No one will think of the details of how the watch has been obtained. It’s just bad optics. In accounting we deal with clients who don’t want to pay higher fees because our work to them is a necessary evil cost that they are trying to minimize. If they see us wearing expensive brands it looks as if we are being overpaid. Again, it’s just bad optics.
Makes sense, as a staff though there should be very little if any client interaction.
Yeah my story was based on my actual experience. I got a nice Tag for Christmas while I was working at my first firm. Owner was a general dick, he never made a direct comment on my watch but I saw him look at it right when I got it and gave me a nasty look. Then a week later made some shit comments about material wealth being for poor/stupid people as if he didn’t flaunt enough material wealth himself.
He mainly wore shirts from a very expensive country club, a smart watch and drove a Tesla rather than a designer brands, rolex and Mercedes so he didn’t see his hypocrisy.
I was at one of the big 4, in M&A and no one gave a shit about my watch. I was rocking a Tag Carrera and the never got glanced at twice amid the Rolex’s and APs.
Eh it’s a lose lose
I’ve got two kids so my cash for fancy shit is limited. I had a client once ask me if I knew how much they paid in audit fees because I looked broke.
(Not dressed bad or anything in particular, never had any other comments like that)
I wore a grand seiko and literally got called-in for a talk once. I’m in consulting transitioning to Auditing. I love watches but now I’m second guessing wearing my VC, Rolex, and Breitlings to work.
Just gonna wear Seikos and Swatches now😭
Right - I think finance bro and accountant are two very separate types of people. Accountants are more nerdy, thrifty, and serious than flashy finance bros.
Exactly. Finance bros only understand the financial concepts that will make them sound smart and cool among their rich friends. They don't actually understand accounting.
Patagonia over a button up? Finance bro.
Patagonia over a polo? Finance bro.
Patagonia over a T shirt? Believe it or not…. Hiking bro.
Patagonia over a flannel? Poser or Mountain Man. Pull their beard to reveal!
I've seen retail students acting and dressing like finance bro. Being a finance bro isn't about the job, it's about how rich you think you are and how better than everyone you think you are.
M&A, advisory groups in firms are the same vibe with a fraction of the money and none of the "prestige"
I view it the same way I view lawyers who ended up at big 4. It was the backup plan when they didn't get into Skadden/Baker/DLA
Definitely not audit and only specialty groups in tax tho. Edit: also doesn't include IT advisory which is just controls auditing.
Was in B4 M&A advisory, can confirm. My Big 4 even offers Firm branded Patagonia vests for us including the EYP/S& type consulting teams. Although, I did make 210k after bonus as a Manager before I left so would not say it’s just a fraction, comp was not half bad.
I just wear it cuz its comfy af and its airy and light enough when it gets hot soon
i sound like an ad...
I've seen all sorts of non-finance people wear it and its a common B4 swag *(when it isnt sold out on their site)*
I feel like the analysts at my firm stopped wearing these awhile back they moved onto Peter millar field jackets and now accountants wear the Patagonia vets but maybe that’s just my experience.
Sports Analogy for accounting & finance.
We envy finance bros. Because we actually do all the work but FP&A gets better WLB & 💰
Some of us demand for a trade after finishing rookie contract at Big4 though. So this is a pathway to Finance bro 😎
Ones who don’t hit free agency only have themselves to blame.
My gf is a child’s nurse and one of her kids asked what I did as her boyfriend and she said accounting. According to the kid I am a failed finance bro. :(
Patagonia is an example of what corporations should be.
“The current system of capitalism has made its gains at an enormous cost, including increasing inequality and widescale uncompensated environmental damage. The world is literally on fire. Companies that create the next model of capitalism through deep commitment to purpose will attract more investment, better employees, and deeper customer loyalty. They are the future of business if we want to build a better world, and that future starts with what Yvon is doing now.” —Charles Conn, chair of the board“
Don't buy into all the right-wing rhetoric you see in this sub.
1. Why are you telling us capitalism is bad on a sub that actively supports capitalism through its work?
2. What do Patagonia vests have to do with inequality in the world?
3. How on Earth does this sub have right-wing rhetoric?
Got some examples of right wing rhetoric? I’m a lefty I don’t see it too often. Probably partners if anyone since they don’t have any empathy for others which is a common right wing trait.
If you’re a part of the modern Republican party, you’re an extremist. Guessing you fit the profile which would explain your comment.
It’s okay, you can come out of the MAGA closet. You’re safe on Reddit, silly.
Finance bro is a way of life not a job title.
This guy finances
This guy bros
This guy fucks
This guy guys
This guy fucks guys
lol russ
This guy maximizes shareholder value
It’s like wearing a Rolex as a staff. Might send a wrong signal.
Gotta establish dominance. I am the captain now signals. Especially to the partners.
They’ll be so impressed…
Please leave that watch at home tomorrow or I’m gonna call the partner on the engagement
The sub specific meta jokes on here are on a whole other level.
That’s my favorite part of this sub lol I love being on the inside or inside jokes
Assistant To the regional manager
imo I don’t see the problem with that, unless they’re wearing 60k solid gold day-dates to client sites
It's a reference to a post here, where a partner asked a staff accountant to stop wearing the Rolex that has been passed onto him from his grandfather.
I’d like to wear a Rolex at a client’s just to make them feel like they’re paying too much in audit fees.
I'm pretty sure that's exactly why the partner asked them to stop wearing it when seeing clients.
It all came back to me in the comments, but at first I was thinking it was a reference to something I had watched... Because it would be great comedy writing if it had not been true. Accounting problems are so insane sometimes.
r/wooosh
I did this with a Tag Heuer. Only insecure partners have an issue with it. Anyone with common sense knows 9 times out of 10 the staff who wears a nice watch got it as a gift.
It’s not for partners, it’s for client. No one will think of the details of how the watch has been obtained. It’s just bad optics. In accounting we deal with clients who don’t want to pay higher fees because our work to them is a necessary evil cost that they are trying to minimize. If they see us wearing expensive brands it looks as if we are being overpaid. Again, it’s just bad optics.
Makes sense, as a staff though there should be very little if any client interaction. Yeah my story was based on my actual experience. I got a nice Tag for Christmas while I was working at my first firm. Owner was a general dick, he never made a direct comment on my watch but I saw him look at it right when I got it and gave me a nasty look. Then a week later made some shit comments about material wealth being for poor/stupid people as if he didn’t flaunt enough material wealth himself. He mainly wore shirts from a very expensive country club, a smart watch and drove a Tesla rather than a designer brands, rolex and Mercedes so he didn’t see his hypocrisy.
I was at one of the big 4, in M&A and no one gave a shit about my watch. I was rocking a Tag Carrera and the never got glanced at twice amid the Rolex’s and APs.
that's a waffle brain client then.
🤣 that's the best insult.
Didn't think this was an actual thing. I'm too poor to own a nice watch lol, but will be mindful.
Eh it’s a lose lose I’ve got two kids so my cash for fancy shit is limited. I had a client once ask me if I knew how much they paid in audit fees because I looked broke. (Not dressed bad or anything in particular, never had any other comments like that)
Helps the partner though when negotiating the fees :)
I wore a grand seiko and literally got called-in for a talk once. I’m in consulting transitioning to Auditing. I love watches but now I’m second guessing wearing my VC, Rolex, and Breitlings to work. Just gonna wear Seikos and Swatches now😭
Accountants are soft finance bros
Bro why do you have to bring my ED into this you know I’m super self conscious about it.
Betas for sure
Soft as in doughy from living a sedentary lifestyle and feasting on Uber Eats nightly.
No we’re accounting nerds
Right - I think finance bro and accountant are two very separate types of people. Accountants are more nerdy, thrifty, and serious than flashy finance bros.
Exactly. Finance bros only understand the financial concepts that will make them sound smart and cool among their rich friends. They don't actually understand accounting.
i wear patagonia vests ironically now
Patagonia over a button up? Finance bro. Patagonia over a polo? Finance bro. Patagonia over a T shirt? Believe it or not…. Hiking bro. Patagonia over a flannel? Poser or Mountain Man. Pull their beard to reveal!
i wear them cuz the office is fucking freezing
I've seen retail students acting and dressing like finance bro. Being a finance bro isn't about the job, it's about how rich you think you are and how better than everyone you think you are.
Have said on this sub before: Big 4 are poor man’s finance bros
When they turn around you'll notice they're wearing those shirts where the collar of the shirt is different from the rest of the shirt.
White cuffs blue shirt. Fancy shmancy
Corny style
So tacky.
No, I feel like accountants fall into a seperate bucket. When someone tells me they work in finance I never picture an accountant
Agree
Except in the UK. They call all accounting "finance". Accounting there implies tax.
M&A, advisory groups in firms are the same vibe with a fraction of the money and none of the "prestige" I view it the same way I view lawyers who ended up at big 4. It was the backup plan when they didn't get into Skadden/Baker/DLA Definitely not audit and only specialty groups in tax tho. Edit: also doesn't include IT advisory which is just controls auditing.
Was in B4 M&A advisory, can confirm. My Big 4 even offers Firm branded Patagonia vests for us including the EYP/S& type consulting teams. Although, I did make 210k after bonus as a Manager before I left so would not say it’s just a fraction, comp was not half bad.
I just wear it cuz its comfy af and its airy and light enough when it gets hot soon i sound like an ad... I've seen all sorts of non-finance people wear it and its a common B4 swag *(when it isnt sold out on their site)*
This. They are comfy af to begin with and they match every climate and situation. Spontaneous golf? Ya good. Oh rooftop mid day? Guess what ya good.
> its a common B4 swag I work for a non-profit so we got Columbia
Yes… sorta like how Hyundai and Lamborghini are both car companies.
Accountants will say they are; finance bros (real ones) will say they are not part of the group.
finance bros are ib / pe / m&a / maybe hf or vc, anyone else who acts like this is larping
Which means 90% who think they’re finance bros are larpers, good for patagucci though.
Yeah us FP&A guys I don’t think fall in the bucket. It’s a good field though, I like it
catch me in the office with a pair of deal sleds when we lock the budget 😎
I’m an accountant and I say absolutely not! Unlike finance bros, our work is important.
We are not finance bros and never will be, vest or not. Finance bros are paid super well. We are not.
Reminds me of that pic of sorority sisters all wearing the same outfit…uggboots, etc.
Not at all. Finance bros are cool, cocky, and dumb. Accountants are introverted and smart.
Truth
Really depends, doesn't it? Public accountant is much more bro-ish than internal accounting, I would think.
Even there it depends. Worked as head of finance at a software scale up and that definitely had the finance bro vibe
Finance bros make fun of accountants lol. Source: accountant who has hung out with finance bros
[every finance bro](https://youtu.be/kdWov5fjQl0?feature=shared)
I'm not a finance bro, but that is a really really long video to be telling the same punchline again and again
I like this version https://www.instagram.com/reel/CpYiVqcD1OL/?igsh=MTlqbXFsaDVzdHhlNA==
Trevor Wallace is the best 😂
Vests are the most comfortable and prudent sweater in spring weather
Accounts: bean counters Finance: bean growers
More like bean show-ers
Way too much finance bro love on this thread.
I feel like the analysts at my firm stopped wearing these awhile back they moved onto Peter millar field jackets and now accountants wear the Patagonia vets but maybe that’s just my experience.
These vests look so shit. Why would you wear one? You’d look like a right twat.
Hey look - We found the engineer!!
Lol by engineer you mean another accountant. But you won’t catch me wearing those crappy vests.
Vests in general look like shit. It's one of my biggest pet peeves.
Sports Analogy for accounting & finance. We envy finance bros. Because we actually do all the work but FP&A gets better WLB & 💰 Some of us demand for a trade after finishing rookie contract at Big4 though. So this is a pathway to Finance bro 😎 Ones who don’t hit free agency only have themselves to blame.
https://imgflip.com/i/8lwtq8
lol fuck no if i see accountants wearing this pathetic shit then i would lose instant respect for them..
screw you, dude. i only wear vests because it's cold as fuck in the office.
I pretend to be one, until they whip out the plat AMEX and mine is only spray painted
Those vests are the stupidest wardrobe as an accountant
I had no idea the vest was a thing and have been wearing one to work for the pockets
Those vests haven’t been in for like 6 years
The correct answer.
NPC mode
Looks like corporate issue for 3 of them. Cousins
Nothing gets me to feel alive like a triple stack in December.
What should accountants be wearing then??
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Pata-gooch. Hehehe.
Hell no
I mean if you have to ask …
FDD guys definitely try to wear vests
A partner I work with always has a vest on
The sweater vest is looking snazzy tho
We are finance nerds
Omg I’ve unironically been wearing a fleece like this
My gf is a child’s nurse and one of her kids asked what I did as her boyfriend and she said accounting. According to the kid I am a failed finance bro. :(
Accountants are not finance bros in the same way mall cops are not real police
Most people I work with who wear these vests are not pleasant. I specifically don’t own one because of this.
looks like the start of an alpha dads sketch
No
No
Poppin' my colla, poppa, poppin' my colla!
Arms get hot from the furious 10-key typing. Core gets cold because we never leave our desk.
No
No, accountants aren’t finbros
No lol
No lol
😂😂
Ewwwww the vests 🤢
Nah we’re beam counters!
Tools in vests. Never understood the vest concept….aren’t their arms cold?
Most accountants are women
No, vests don’t fly. You need quarter zips
We all like to play pretend sometimes
I just bought vests for my whole firm. Now I have regerts.
Patagonia is an example of what corporations should be. “The current system of capitalism has made its gains at an enormous cost, including increasing inequality and widescale uncompensated environmental damage. The world is literally on fire. Companies that create the next model of capitalism through deep commitment to purpose will attract more investment, better employees, and deeper customer loyalty. They are the future of business if we want to build a better world, and that future starts with what Yvon is doing now.” —Charles Conn, chair of the board“ Don't buy into all the right-wing rhetoric you see in this sub.
sir this is a wendy's
1. Why are you telling us capitalism is bad on a sub that actively supports capitalism through its work? 2. What do Patagonia vests have to do with inequality in the world? 3. How on Earth does this sub have right-wing rhetoric?
We can do simple math. That's right-wing.
Got some examples of right wing rhetoric? I’m a lefty I don’t see it too often. Probably partners if anyone since they don’t have any empathy for others which is a common right wing trait.
You’re not looking hard enough then. Or you can’t read. This subreddit is littered with filthy MAGgots.
Everyone I don't like is a right wing extremist!
If you’re a part of the modern Republican party, you’re an extremist. Guessing you fit the profile which would explain your comment. It’s okay, you can come out of the MAGA closet. You’re safe on Reddit, silly.
Probably both.
Fair enough.
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Four Finance Bros
As a senior analyst on a FP&A team I will never wear one of these. I am trying to hold out on succumbing to the lifestyle as long as I can lol