Author: Adrienne Gonzalez

Adrienne is a 15-year veteran of the accounting industry, if by "veteran" you mean "vulture prowling the periphery of the profession waiting for something exciting to happen." She has been spewing vitriol on Going Concern since the site was founded in 2009. A former CPA review employee, she has sat through more FAR classes than any CPA exam candidate ever could -- even one who has failed FAR seven times -- and can still recall most of the mnemonics all these years later.

Open Items Archive

Big 4 Newbie Wants to Argue With Recruiter About Lack of Overtime Pay

Adrienne Gonzalez
December 5, 2014

This one comes from the mailbag: I've sipped the Big Four Kool-Aid while recruiting for […]

Financial Reporting

SEC Chief Accountant Suggests a Mysterious Plan D for IFRS

Adrienne Gonzalez
December 5, 2014

In remarks to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, SEC Chief Accountant Jim Schnurr […]

Financial Reporting

#TBT: Former SEC Chairman Christopher Cox on The SEC’s IFRS Roadmap

Adrienne Gonzalez
December 4, 2014

The great thing about speeches these days is that they generally live in perpetuity on […]

Those Who Know, Know BDO Got Their AS5 Kicked in Latest PCAOB Inspection Report

Adrienne Gonzalez
December 4, 2014

Another day, another PCAOB report. Today, our lucky victim is BDO USA, LLP. Of the […]

CPA Exam

Protip for Future CPAs: Forging Signatures on Your Work Experience Form is Dumb

Adrienne Gonzalez
December 3, 2014

So, we're combing through the latest California Board of Accountancy Update, checking out the usual […]

Sony Hack Also Leaked Deloitte Salaries, Reveals Gender Gap

Adrienne Gonzalez
December 3, 2014

We haven’t reported on the Sony hack yet because it has absolutely nothing to do with public accounting. Until today.

Ex-Crazy Eddie CFO’s 10 Tips for Advancing Your Accounting Career

Adrienne Gonzalez
December 3, 2014

Generally speaking, you can't trust Sam Antar because he's a crook. But when it comes […]

PwC Partner Was Not About to Let Some Petty Glassdoor Reviews Ruin His Thanksgiving

Adrienne Gonzalez
December 2, 2014

Like Yelp, reviews on Glassdoor can be either highly informative or terribly useless. No matter what is said, it’s usually in the best interest of TPTB to ignore the negative reviews and move on, knowing in their hearts that you can’t please all the people all the time.