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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.
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, […]
EY to Staff: Pledge Allegiance to the United States of EY or Go Find Another Job (UPDATE)
Ed. note: We have updated this article at the bottom with details on a cheating […]
You Can Now Take the CFP Exam From Home (Pants NOT Optional)
Back in September, we informed everyone who isn’t a regular reader of NASBA state board […]
FYI CPA Exam Candidates: NASBA Systems Will Be Down (Briefly) This Weekend So Plan Accordingly
Active CPA exam candidates should have gotten an email about this upcoming planned outage however […]
Friendly Reminder: Take a Day Off, Who Cares
Many years ago, I had this somewhat demanding job that happened to also be a […]
Mark Your Calendars: ‘Navigating the CPA Exam’ Webcast on April 20
Consider this your unofficial invitation to “Navigating the CPA Exam,” a joint webcast from NASBA […]
AICPA Report: Accounting Education Is Lagging Woefully Behind Necessary Real-World Skills
Not sure if y’all heard but we live in the future now. Not the cool […]
Fat, Balding, and Broken Legs: The Consequences of Working in Professional Services
Last week I wrote an epic poem to the art of suffering. The TL;DR is […]