You Know Things Are Bad In Public Accounting When First-Years Are Getting Dragged By Interns
We love a good rant—whether about public accounting in general or about a co-worker, like this one posted on Fishbowl yesterday by a Big 4 intern about a staff 1 he/she works with who sucks at Excel, won’t shut up about work-life balance (or the lack thereof), and has no desire to take the CPA […]
Who’s Ready to Count Some Inventory?
When I was going to community college, I worked at Sports Authority. And each year around this time, there was one day when we had to work all night after closing and well into the following morning doing inventory counts. Fishing lures, ammunition, tents, sleeping bags, wiffle balls, shoes, hockey sticks—you name it, we had […]
You Can Count on Inventory Counts to Be Bad (Again) This Year
So here I am crouched over in front of my laptop on the last Saturday of 2018 when I should be outside on my bike enjoying the unseasonably warm Richmond temps. Why? Well, partially because I convinced Bramwell publishing this post on the weekend rather than on a Friday would be a good idea, but […]
Deloitte Associate Exercises Powers of Persuasion; Scores Firm-Subsidized Xbox One
Apparently, an audit assistant at Deloitte has figured out a way for the firm to reimburse at least part of the cost of a new Xbox One under the guise of using it for fitness purposes. Let's watch him work his magic, starting with the first email he sent regarding the firm's subsidy program: From: […]