
The Largest Accounting Firms in Portland, Ranked by Number of CPAs Working There
Been a while since we’ve ranked anything, thankfully Portland Business Journal came in clutch today and gave the world a good old fashioned ranking of Portland accounting firms. The full list of 30 firms costs $30 and we don’t have money like that so we’re looking at the five we can see for free. There’s […]

2022 Projected Public Accounting Salaries In Eight MCOL Cities
Earlier this week we looked at public accounting starting salaries in five of the most expensive US cities to live in and how much higher they are than the projected national averages recently published in the Robert Half 2022 Accounting & Finance Salary Guide. A discussion you often see among professionals on Fishbowl and Reddit […]
PwC’s Failure to Install Biking Workstations in Its New Portland Office Is an Abomination
Of course "meet[ing] the needs of nursing women, and interactive cafes with lounge areas" is nice, but what good does a walking workstation do for the average Portland P. Dubber, I ask you? Why don't you just ask them to use paper ledgers and typewriters?! Sure, that'd be wonderfully ironic, but even Portlandians have their […]
Hiring Needs of Portland Accounting Firms Suggest There Are Lots of People with Unemployable Degrees Biking Around
The PBJ reports that KPMG, Deloitte, PwC, Grant Thornton, Moss Adams and a whole gaggle of other firms are looking for people that have graphic design backgrounds. Ha! No, that's a lie. They want accountants. Everything from staff right out of school to senior managers that work in assurance, tax, and even consulting. As long as […]