Hey. Some news if you want it. The Observer on shrinking headcounts at consulting firms, […]
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.
CPA Firms Are No Longer Full of CPAs
Just weeks after the profession got in a tizzy about private equity-owned firms telling staff […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Form 3 Claims Another Victim; Deloitte Wins HR Awards | 7.14.25
Good morning, people! Got a little news for you. Great just what we need, religious […]
Researchers Determine That Big 4 Audit Partners Not Named Michael or Jennifer Are More Likely to Bend the Rules
Here at Going Concern we love academic research, even the kind that makes your eyes […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: AI Upskilling is Silly, Says EY CTO; AICPA Pleads For a Paper Check Extension | 7.7.25
Happy Monday! I’ve gathered a little news for you to start your week. Hot off […]
Microsoft 365 Users Are Inexplicably Abusing Reply All in 2025, Sitting Through Too Many Meetings
The last time we covered the Microsoft Work Trend Index report was two years ago […]
Layoff Watch ’25: The King’s PwC Shows Some Auditors the Door
Reported by Financial Times, PwC UK is cutting about 175 audit associates from the roster […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Clients Ask For an AI Discount; Big 4 Firms Losing Hundreds of Partners | 6.30.25
Good morning, capital markets servants! I trust everyone had a good weekend and is all […]
NABA’s Convention Had an ‘Uneasy’ Vibe This Year
I saw this story on Fox News of all places: Sponsors flee from National Association […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The Consulting Firm Going All In on AI; KPMG Finds Out Which Country Is Most AI Illiterate | 6.23.25
Morning, y’all. I’m in Nashville this week for the ACFE Global Fraud Conference so please […]
Grant Thornton and Their PE Overlords Are Busy Assimilating More Grant Thorntons Into the Borg
Grant Thornton Advisors — part of what used to be just Grant Thornton before private […]
Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: PwC Gets a Handy; Deloitte Client Sues the Firm For Yoinking Their Name | 6.16.25
Hey. Got a little news for you. Podcaster and observationalist David Leary has a prediction […]