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Big 4 Firm Discovers That Bragging About AI Efficiencies Leads Clients to Expect a Discount
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Big 4 Firm Discovers That Bragging About AI Efficiencies Leads Clients to Expect a Discount

  • Going Concern News Desk
  • June 30, 2025

This story was mentioned in the Monday Morning Accounting News Brief, published every Monday before […]

Professionals of All Stripes Are Uncharacteristically Optimistic About This Whole AI Thing
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Professionals of All Stripes Are Uncharacteristically Optimistic About This Whole AI Thing

  • Going Concern News Desk
  • July 10, 2024

In a surprising development, it seems professionals are feeling great about how AI can impact […]

Tiny Rhode Island Town Settles Its Billing Beef With Marcum Over Out of Scope Services
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Tiny Rhode Island Town Settles Its Billing Beef With Marcum Over Out of Scope Services

  • Going Concern News Desk
  • May 5, 2023

The little 7,997 person town of Charlestown, RI has settled its issues with Marcum after […]

A Spanish Communist Is Concerned About Excessively Long Hours at Big 4 Firms
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A Spanish Communist Is Concerned About Excessively Long Hours at Big 4 Firms

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • January 17, 2023

This story was highlighted in yesterday’s Monday news brief but it deserves its own spot […]

Remote Accountant Who Billed Too Many Hours Owes Her Former Firm $2700 For ‘Time Theft’
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Remote Accountant Who Billed Too Many Hours Owes Her Former Firm $2700 For ‘Time Theft’

  • Going Concern News Desk
  • January 13, 2023

NPR has a strange story of a Canadian accountant and a firm with time tracking […]

Grant Thornton is Trialing a “Nine-Day Fortnight” Schedule to Ease Burnout in Australia
  • Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton is Trialing a “Nine-Day Fortnight” Schedule to Ease Burnout in Australia

  • Adrienne Gonzalez
  • December 15, 2022

In a profession already notorious for burnout, staffing crises continue to wreak havoc on the […]

Exposure Drafts: You Can’t Run From the Billable Hour
  • Firms

Exposure Drafts: You Can’t Run From the Billable Hour

  • Greg Kyte
  • January 10, 2018

Exposure Drafts appears every other Wednesday. Send your accounting cartoon suggestions and failed resolutions to […]

  • Firms

Exposure Drafts: Good Mentors, Bad Utilization

  • Greg Kyte
  • October 18, 2017

Exposure Drafts appears every other Wednesday. Send your accounting cartoon suggestions to editor@goingconcern.com and follow Greg […]

  • Art

Exposure Drafts: Nobody Gets to the End of Their Career and Asks, “What was my realization rate?”

  • Greg Kyte
  • September 6, 2017

Exposure Drafts appears every other Wednesday. Send your accounting cartoon suggestions to editor@goingconcern.com.

Exposure Drafts: The Stuff That Keeps CPAs Up at Night
  • Small Business

Exposure Drafts: The Stuff That Keeps CPAs Up at Night

  • Greg Kyte
  • May 10, 2017

Exposure Drafts appears every other Wednesday. Send suggestions to editor@goingconcern.com.

Exposure Drafts: Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, You Bill by the Hour, So Get Back to Work
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  • Small Business

Exposure Drafts: Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, You Bill by the Hour, So Get Back to Work

  • Greg Kyte
  • February 14, 2017

Exposure Drafts appears every other Wednesday and on holidays ruined by busy season. Send suggestions […]

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Deloitte Doesn’t Want You Wasting Billable Hours Searching for Adulterer Profiles

  • Caleb Newquist
  • August 20, 2015

It was bound to happen at some point. I thought we'd be able to take […]

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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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