If you didn’t catch it, The Economist published this the other day: Sigh. They weren’t […]
Category: The Serious Questions
Weekend Discussion: Does Leadership Even Know What Gen AI Is?
KPMG put out results from a GenAI survey recently and it made this thought I’ve […]
How to Get Laid Off?
While thousands of Big 4 grunts wake up every day filled with anxiety at the […]
Weekend Discussion: Private Equity is Good, Bad, or Ugly For the Accounting Profession?
The big story this week by a long shot was yesterday’s news that New Mountain […]
Low Salaries Are Wreaking Havoc on Capital Markets
The Bloomberg headline is “There are 340,000 Fewer Accountants, and Companies Are Paying the Price” […]
Weekend Discussion: Is Everybody Dumb Now?
Are the kids not alright? That’s the question posed by this recent r/Big4 post. Two […]
Remember When Firms Would Get Only Dudes to Talk About International Women’s Day?
March 8, 2024 (that’s today) is International Women’s Day and as such, I felt an […]
Let’s See What You Got For Employee Appreciation Day
As it’s the first Friday of March, today is Employee Appreciation Day. I never would […]
Weekend Discussion: Are Partners Basically Better-Dressed Used Car Salesmen?
*and saleswomen This person on r/Big4 seems to have had an epiphany that partners are […]
The Job Ghosting Is Getting Out of Hand
Remember when millennials were entering the workforce 15-20 years ago and the business rags were […]
Weekend Discussion: “The System Is Very Close to a Tipping Point of Massive Non-Compliance”
Said accounting profession veteran Kim Moody in Financial Post: In my view, the system is […]
Oxford Study Finds Workplace Wellness Programs Do Diddly Squat For Mental Health
In “Employee well-being outcomes from individual-level mental health interventions: Cross-sectional evidence from the United Kingdom” […]