I noticed today that this July 2023 article on EY Oceania’s culture problems was getting […]
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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.
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Every Day Is Fools’ Day For Some Accounting Employers; McKinsey Now Paying People to Leave | 4.1.24
A belated Happy Easter to those who celebrate and an on-time Happy April Fools’ Day […]
Weekend Discussion: Accounting Doesn’t Need to Be Sexy
If you didn’t catch it, The Economist published this the other day: Sigh. They weren’t […]
The PCAOB Just Hit PwC With a Massive Independence Violation
Whoops! Fresh from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), just now they’ve announced a […]
Cheap-Ass Firms Are Loving This Outsourcing Thing
Is no one concerned about the brain drain happening at the lowest levels as all […]
Mayo-on-Fries Mazars Might Join KPMG and Deloitte in the Exam Cheating Hall of Shame
Last July, Dutch news revealed that least 500 staff at KPMG Netherlands were cheating of […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Consulting Really Sucks Right Now; Inside a PwC Leadership Race | 3.25.24
Hey. Hope everyone is well and ready to tackle another week. I’m in gardening mode […]
Weekend Discussion: Does Leadership Even Know What Gen AI Is?
KPMG put out results from a GenAI survey recently and it made this thought I’ve […]
EY Taps a Loyal Soldier For the Next FSO Leader
With Janet Truncale heading out of EY’s Financial Services Organization (FSO) and into the big […]
Another New Jersey University Debuts Another Work-For-150 Program
About a year and a half after Saint Peter’s University and PwC announced a fresh […]
How to Get Laid Off?
While thousands of Big 4 grunts wake up every day filled with anxiety at the […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Deloitte Using Scary Words Now; Have Some Self Respect, My Guy | 3.18.24
Hey. Here we are, another Monday. What fresh horrors await us this week? I’ll start. […]