A Surprisingly High Number of People Actually Want to Stay at Their Current Firm

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We’re not talking about the high number of people who are sticking around at their firms right now because the market is so screwy but rather this is about respondents to a Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs survey they’ve called “CPA Talent Retention 2024: Keeping Your Best Performers.” Almost three-quarters of the hundreds of PA CPAs surveyed said they would like to stay put. Which is to say, they’ll still leave if they aren’t incentivized not to but they’d rather stay.

Here it is, in full color:

That figure is surprising, no? Maybe public accountants aren’t disloyal as we thought, it’s just that their employers suck.

CPA Talent Retention 2024: Keeping Your Best Performers [PIPCA]

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4 thoughts on “A Surprisingly High Number of People Actually Want to Stay at Their Current Firm”

  1. Imagine that, people are actually happy working for their firm.

    But I have complete faith that the tools blogging on Going Concern will find a way to stir the pot and portray their normal schtick.

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    1. There’s nothing about happiness discussed here. Just because someone doesn’t want to go through the hassle of changing jobs doesn’t mean they’re happy.

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      1. Very true. As it comes to accounting firms, specifically big 4, it is about how unhappy one is with their job. Once the unhappiness hits their threshold; they would look for a change. Not knowing the industry too well, I feel people in this industry have extremely high threshold for unhappiness.

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  2. As someone that works at a large Seattle-based firm, I can confidently attest that many of us are very happy with where we are at, and love the firm/colleagues we work with. I’m surprised folks at the Big Four are similarly content though! 🙂

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