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Apparently Shouting “Promote Me! Promote Me!” in a Partner’s Face Can Get You Promoted at Deloitte
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PwC Tells Remote Tax Staff to Get Their Butts Into the Office
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Deloitte to Slash Benefits For Non Client-Facing Staff
We specifically added the non-client-facing bit in the headline soz not to scare everyone. It's rough enough out there on the front lines as it is, we don't need to…
Uh Oh, PwC Is Up to Something
By "something" we mean "aggressively enshittifying their product." Bet clients and prospective clients will just love that. Financial Times reports that their birdies are pointing to an overhaul in consulting…
KPMG Plans to Hand Routine Testing Off to AI
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AI Will Be EY Auditors’ New BFF, According to EY
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ICYMI: According to This AI CEO You Won’t Have to Go to Work in a Year
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Another Early AI Accounting Startup Just Bit the Dust
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KPMG Brings Cheating Into the AI Age By Using AI to Cheat on AI Exams
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This Deloitte Office Has Eliminated Trash Cans at Desks to Make Staff Get Up Off Their Asses
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Friday Footnotes: Drugs, Man; Millennials Ruined … Accountants?; PwC’s Diversity Report Isn’t Very Diverse | 8.28.20
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Ask GC: Is It OK to Renege on a Previously Accepted Offer For an Offer From a Bigger Firm?
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RSM US FY 2020 Revenue Results: $2.7 Billion and 4 Guardrails
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These Colleges Have Cranked Out the Most Public Accounting Firm CEOs and Managing Partners (2020)
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The Rona Postpones Big 4 CEOs’ Swiss Alps Vacation In 2021
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Thanks to the Rona, PwC’s Global Revenue Only Went Up a Measly 1.4% in FY 2020
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Deloitte’s Winning Bid Amount for $135 Million Medicaid Contract Is Being Kept Secret by Florida for Some Reason
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