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Accounting News Roundup: Big 4 See, Big 4 Do; Tesla’s Top Accountant Leaves; Politics and Tax Breaks | 03.09.18
KPMG, PwC to include partners’ pay in gender gap calculations [FT] Following EY and Deloitte’s […]
KPMG Employees Seeking Help with Audit Software Might End Up With Phone Sex Instead
One of the best things about working at a Big 4 firm is that for […]
A Field Guide to Quitting a Job in Public Accounting
That is the look of a man who no longer bears the yoke of a […]
#Envelopegate Redux: PwC Failed to Predict the Worst-Case Scenario
Last month we noted that PwC had gone far out of its way to not […]
Deloitte Agrees to Fork Over $149.5 Million for Its Crappy Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Audits
The Justice Department announced that Deloitte would pay a $149.5 million fine to put “potential […]
Former PwC Partner Suing Firm After Getting Fired for Groping a Co-worker Who He Can’t Remember Groping But Knows He Didn’t Grope
Let’s say you’re a professional businessperson and you’re at a work event. Let’s also say that […]
What to Do if You Find Yourself Reverse Mentoring a Public Accounting Partner
It’s no secret that public accounting churns and burns its employees. Burnout is a cost […]
Veritas Capital Sets PwC Free From Its U.S. Public Sector Business
It’s not every day that a Big 4 firm sells a piece of it lucrative […]
Insecure Overachievers Will Always Have a Place in Public Accounting
Does the endless stream of work make you want to cry sometimes? I know it […]
To Partner or Not to Partner: That Is the Senior Manager’s Question
A while back, a Big 4 senior manager reached out to share his plight. In […]
The Defense Logistics Agency Be Like, “Accounting? What’s Accounting?”
Occasionally I will see something charged on my credit card that I don’t remember. I […]