上周，一名大馬網友Adam在面子書傷心發文稱好友不幸過世的消息。而他也在帖文中指這名年僅24歲的好友是一名查帳員（Auditor），死亡原因是因為「操勞過度」。

Adam的帖文截至目前已經有超過4900次分享次數，他還表示朋友工作到淩晨2am，在回家途中不幸猝死。根據他們的共同好友表示，死者每次遲放工的原因是因為「Audit的職場文化」：只要工作沒完成或上司還未離開，就不能下班。

Adam也說：「就算你累了，或是任何理由，都沒有人會理會。」雖然他不是一名查帳員，但他希望這樣的職場文化可以改變。他在帖文的最後，也奉勸做auditor的朋友能夠好好照顧自己，得到足夠的休息，別把自己累壞。

網友Adam原文：

Good friend passed away yesterday. Reason? Overworked. Left office at 2am in the morning and met an accident while he was traveling back to his comfy bed.

I'm not entirely sure why did he continue staying in the office even though he wanted to go back home early, but from a reliable source(his colleagues who are also my friends) was saying that it's the culture in Audit department that no one should leave the office before works are completed and before your senior (from the highest hierarchy to the lowest) leave accordingly. Nobody cares if you are tired, have someone waiting for you to go home or any excuses that could delay the work done or affect the overall audit team performance and image.

I'm not in Auditing line and I have no thorough understanding on how does it work. If it is really the case, the culture needs a change, the norm needs a change.

I don't frequently write long essay as if I wanted the whole world to know what are my thoughts. I just hope that this issue can be taken seriously after this incident has happened.

Those of you who are in Auditing line, please take good care of yourself and make sure you get enough of rest (or a little rest if you're too busy) while you're working for the company. My good friend deserves an article written to voice out his heart feeling to everyone around us. That's the last thing I can do for him.

If you think someone needs to read this, please share it out.

May you rest in peace my good Friend.

You'll be missed forever.

Best regards,

Adam Chan

在Adam的帖文被瘋傳後，昨日面子書又出現一則帖文。網友Xinyi在面子書分享了她曾經在audit行業實習長達3個月的親身經歷。

她表示4年前，她非常高興能夠在Big Four的其中一家公司實習， 但沒想到這一切都是惡夢的開始。

她說淩晨2am才能下班回家，想要早點下班或去吃晚餐都不敢問上司，導致因多次不定時吃飯而造成胃痛。對於「老闆離開了才能下班」的公司文化，她表示確有此事。她表示當時還是實習生的她，每次因老闆還未離開，所以毫無理由地待在公司直到深夜才能回家。

Xinyee也表示因為那3個月的audit實習生涯，讓她從此不敢再踏入audit這份行業。最後，她也希望這樣的audit職場文化需要改變，也希望大家能夠一起做出改變，讓這樣的職場文化能夠消失。

網友Xinyee原文：

THE AUDIT CULTURE THAT NOBODY KNOWS.

Like everyone else, I was so excited when I got an offer from one of the Big Four accounting firms 4 years ago to work as an intern because it would make my resume look good. But you will never know the reality until you experience it.

I remember sitting in a corner with another intern at the client’s office at 1am, discussing about excuses to get out of work because we couldn』t do anything without the documents required.

I remember asking my manager if I could leave work early because I had to attend my friend’s father’s wake but my manager told me to finish my work first.

I remember coming up with some urgent excuse to leave work so that I could go celebrate my best friend’s birthday.

I remember taking the train back home alone at night because my seniors were still working and nobody was able to give me a ride home.

I remember leaving work at 2am and waking up at 8am every day to go to work.

I remember listening to all my seniors complained about how much they all wanted to go home but were scared to asked our manager because they might get more work load if the manager wasn』t happy so we could only wait for our manager to be done.

I remember worrying about my appraisals because according to the hierarchical Asian culture or audit culture, you can only leave when your boss or seniors leave. Of course, your boss and seniors may have more on their plate and take on longer hours, so young workers like me ended up staying late without any real reason other than as show of respect.

I remember asking my manager if she wanted to order food for dinner at 9pm because I was hungry but nobody else was dare to say something because our manager (the highest rank in our team) did not say anything.

I remember getting gastritis from eating at irregular times.

I remember feeling guilty every time after my seniors got lectured by the audit partners or manager due to mistakes and I couldn』t do anything to help them as my skills as an intern was limited.

I remember being the 「bad」 team member in the team, always asking if I could go home early so I wasn』t surprise when I got a bad appraisal from my manager.

I remember working from home after working hours to meet a tight deadline.

I remember requesting to end my internship period early because I couldn』t take it anymore.

「Nobody cares if you are tired, have someone waiting for you to go home or any excuses that could delay the work done or affect the overall audit team performance and image」

Nothing has ever been more true.

That 3 months of internship was the reason why I never stepped into auditing field since then and never wanted to work for any corporate anymore. I had the darkest dark circle from that 3 months of internship. I never got to hang out with my friends because I had to work overtime every night.

I can accept overtime but reasonable hours with overtime pay. I don』t mind working hard but why work hard if our work wasn』t appreciated? Oh did I mention that we don』t get overtime pay too?!

I am writing this because I am not just sad but very angry with the death of my friend. I am writing this in honor of my friend who passed away due to overworked. I am writing this in hopes that the audit culture in Malaysia will change. Not only the audit culture but also the Asian work culture.

「Nothing will change, it’s the culture」

That’s because nobody was doing anything to make the change. Someone needs to do something so here am I, doing as much as I can do. Please share this post with all your friends and family. Together we can make a difference.

將這篇文章轉發給你的Auditor朋友，提醒他們要好好照顧身體，還有多多休息啊～

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