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Big 4 Firms Fight Against Metrics That Would Reveal the Workloads Behind the Curtain
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Big 4 Firms Fight Against Metrics That Would Reveal the Workloads Behind the Curtain

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • January 9, 2025

While the AICPA and large accounting firms have begged urged the SEC not to approve […]

So How Did Your 2024 Predictions For the Accounting Profession Work Out?
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So How Did Your 2024 Predictions For the Accounting Profession Work Out?

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • January 1, 2025

At the start of last year we ran a little survey asking readers what they […]

Year-End Close: These Are the Most-Read Stories of 2024
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Year-End Close: These Are the Most-Read Stories of 2024

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  • December 30, 2024

With just a day and a half remaining before the clock ticks over to a […]

An Accountant’s Weekend Reading | 12.27.24
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An Accountant’s Weekend Reading | 12.27.24

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • December 27, 2024

Friday Footnotes will return on January 3, 2025. That’s next Friday, just by the way. […]

Dunno Who Needs to Read This Today, It’s Probably You
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Dunno Who Needs to Read This Today, It’s Probably You

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • December 26, 2024

Stop normalizing overwork. Related: Merry Christmas, everyone. Log off.

PE Partner Reveals the Real Reason Private Equity is Going Crazy For Accounting
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PE Partner Reveals the Real Reason Private Equity is Going Crazy For Accounting

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • December 17, 2024

The quotes you’re going to read below were shared in last Friday’s Footnotes but we […]

Company That Supposedly Laid People Off For Being Too Stressed Says It Was All a PR Stunt
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Company That Supposedly Laid People Off For Being Too Stressed Says It Was All a PR Stunt

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • December 10, 2024

A startup in India named YesMadam is getting its ass beat on social media this […]

Drama of the Day: CPA Learns That ‘Americans Are Lazy’ Is an Unpopular Opinion
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Drama of the Day: CPA Learns That ‘Americans Are Lazy’ Is an Unpopular Opinion

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • December 4, 2024

Thanks to the Xitterian who alerted me to this tweet and its responses because boy […]

Let’s Speculate Wildly About Which Mid-Tier Firm is About to Announce a Private Equity Deal (UPDATE)
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Let’s Speculate Wildly About Which Mid-Tier Firm is About to Announce a Private Equity Deal (UPDATE)

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • November 15, 2024

Someone on r/accounting with a very legit-looking username and sparse comment history said today that […]

One Quarter of Firms Say They’re Offshoring, Another 12 Percent Plan to Start
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One Quarter of Firms Say They’re Offshoring, Another 12 Percent Plan to Start

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • November 8, 2024

This Journal of Accountancy article was mentioned in last Friday’s Footnotes (*ahem* Footnotes a wrap-up […]

CPA Candidates Would Like to Know Why We Can Determine Presidents in a Day But Not CPA Exam Scores
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CPA Candidates Would Like to Know Why We Can Determine Presidents in a Day But Not CPA Exam Scores

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • November 6, 2024

Asks a user on r/CPA: “The United States can count millions [of] votes in one […]

Feeling Burned Out? Join the Club
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Feeling Burned Out? Join the Club

  • Going Concern News Desk
  • November 4, 2024

Bad news, everyone. America is burned out. No, this isn’t going to be about the […]

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Daily Wire is Pissed Off About a PwC Career Program That Excludes White and Asian Candidates

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • February 7, 2025

Although this should have been on their radar already because PwC got sued by America First Legal over it two years ago, conservative muckraking site Daily Wire has just now…

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The Only Piece of Advice You Need to Survive Layoffs at Your Firm

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • August 7, 2024

Comment on "How are layoffs decisions really made?" via r/Big4 If it backfires so what, they were going to lay you off anyway. I really hope this advice gets sucked…

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Weekend Discussion: Let’s Talk Counteroffers

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • June 29, 2024

Earlier this week, a recruiter told me a story about a job seeker who was already employed but looking to jump elsewhere. She interviewed with a firm that really loved…

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