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Public Accounting Positions, Ranked

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Adrienne Gonzalez

In the spirit of Internet lists, we humbly present public accounting positions, ranked from best to worst. You are welcome to bicker about this ranking in the comments.

1. Intern

2. Associate

3. Partner

4. Senior Manager

5. Manager

6. Stubbing your toe

7. Senior Associate

Posted in UncategorizedTagged potential scandals, Public Accounting, ranked

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We here at Going Concern appreciate it when people embrace their bitterness but sometimes we have to give special attention to someone that goes above and beyond the run-of-the-mill cynicism. Like this gem in an 8-K filed by Expeditors International:

When you come from a frame of reference, as we do, where $0 spent on legal expense would be the most preferred alternative, having to predict anything beyond that, by its nature, would become inherently and incredibly biased towards our own wants, desires and expectations. To us, this is somewhat akin to being asked to predict how many minutes after being force fed a dead frog we would throw-up…and the operative word is “force,” as we’d never elect to do either on our own.

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