In late 2019, we learned that EY thinks women are a bunch of dumb sluts […]
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.
PSA: You’ve Still Got to Wear a Mask at Prometric
At this same time last year, we were all wondering if the world as we […]
EY Learns That LGBT People Just Want to Collect a Paycheck Like Everyone Else
June is soon upon us which means rainbows slapped across corporate social media pages far […]
Here’s Your Open Thread For the Sixth CPA Exam Score Release of 2021
Hey hey, it’s May. Just in case you forgot or are still stuck in an […]
Let’s Hop In a Time Machine and Talk About Public Accounting Perks and Comp Circa 2011
Imagine if you will being magically transported back to the year 2011. As you aggressively […]
Which Big 4 Firm Had the Most 2020 Elijah Watt Sells Winners?
On May 5 the AICPA announced that of the 75,000 brave souls who sat for […]
Due to a Lack of 12-Year-Olds to Run This By, EY Israel Totally Missed the Double Entendre In This Brochure
*snort* Via the tip box: You can’t make this up! I don’t know if a […]
Here’s Your Open Thread For the Fifth CPA Exam Score Release of 2021
We’re seven and a half months away from Christmas but that didn’t stop the benevolent […]
Bonus Watch ’21: EY UK Is Paying Employees a ‘Lockdown Bonus’ Even Though It May Encourage a Dreaded Entitlement Mentality
At the end of March, the Queen’s Deloitte announced in a firm-wide webcast that thanks […]
The First Batch of 2021 CPA Exam Pass Rates Are Out and They’re … Not Bad
In 2020, CPA exam candidates somehow managed to outperform 2019 with pass rates slightly higher […]
KPMG Proves Its Commitment to Women By Firing the Guys Who Expensed Strippers and Gave Interns Alcohol Poisoning
Determined to steal the crown from public accounting’s reigning fuck-ups (that’s EY for those of […]
You Might Want to Read This If You Plan to Take the CPA Exam This Summer
Here we are in the Second Summer of COVID and while vaccination numbers are encouraging, […]