Walking around the PwC office in Midtown Manhattan, our blogospondent in the field happened across a couple of young ladies having their picture taken in front of the PwC sign out front, proudly posing as if it was their names on the building at 300 Madison and not PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Said blogospondent approached the young ladies and asked if they worked at the P Dub and they responded in heavy French accents, “yes!” As a result of further prying, it was revealed that the ladies do work a lot during “busy times,” sometimes between 50 and 60 hours a week!
This compared to an American tax associate we spoke to just a couple days before who, in the last fifteen days, had worked 185 hours.
Let’s recap: America – 185 hours in 15 days in the middle of June vs. France – 50-60 hours in one week during the “busy time.”
American vitriol towards the French may now ensue.
Good morning and welcome back, capital market servitudes. If you’re a PwC employee, you may or may not have heard some rumors that I might be making an appearance at the firm’s townhall meeting this week to chat up Chairman and Senior Partner Bob Moritz. Well, I’m happy to report that, despite a number (read: LOTS) of detractors and an intensive background check, I am being given 20 minutes with BoMo to ask him whatever I want. The problem is, I’m out of ideas.