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Talent-Strapped PwC Is That Desperate Ex Texting You With ‘WYD’ After You’ve Moved On

Leaving public accounting is rarely an easy decision, even when the choices are “stay or have a crippling nervous breakdown.” It’s not that the decision itself is hard, rather the consequences of taking an oftentimes necessary leap can lead to difficulties in securing subsequent employment if, as your accounting professors would have you believe, walking […]

At Least One EY Associate Not Pleased to Learn That Overachieving Doesn’t Count for Much

A tip from the mailbag that is sure to crush the morale of some enterprising EY audit associates:

The Happiest Lawyers Are Tax Lawyers

Of 17,000 associates from over 150 large and mid-sized law firms surveyed by Vault for their annual Law Firm Associate Survey, it's the tax lawyers who clearly they love their jobs. Or rather, are at least more "satisfied" than their counterparts in other practice areas. As you can see from the chart, it was a […]

Ernst & Young Staff Has Worked Himself Into Oblivion

How did I miss the EY reference when Kristen Wiig was hosting SNL?!?! Just don't agree that our world is boring haha…http://t.co/Pzcg0I6aWj — Life at EY (@EYstaff) August 7, 2013

(UPDATE) BDO Associate Eager for Work Picks Up Assignments, In ‘N’ Out Delivery Request All Along the West Coast

Undoubtedly, many of the seasoned public accounting hacks out there have received some variation of the following email: From: [Bored L.A. Assurance Associate] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:36 PM To: [Everyone at BDO, allegedly] Subject: Available   Hello All,   I have some free time today so if you would like for me to […]