
This Year, Let’s Normalize Actual Time Off In Public Accounting
For far too long, the accounting industry has been plagued with this idea that sacrificing your personal life for the firm is some badge of honor to be celebrated rather than pitied. When millennials showed up in the workplace, we started destroying this concept just like we destroyed frozen food sit-down restaurants, the wedding industrial […]

Moss Adams Employees Get to Ditch Their Spreadsheets For the Holidays
Welp, it’s been another depressing day covering the world of public accounting. About 1,400 people lost their jobs at KPMG on Tuesday, and since the pandemic started, thousands of other Big 4 employees in the U.S. have been let go from Deloitte, EY, and PwC. Another firm that put its employees through the ringer a […]

Even During Holiday Time Off, PwC Partner Can’t Take a Break From PwC
Work seems to follow Bhushan Sethi, partner and joint global leader of PwC’s People & Organization practice, everywhere he goes, even to Santiago, Chile for a holiday family vacation. Arrived in Santiago for family vacation and one of the first things we see coming out of the airport is not the Andes but….#teampwc #pwctakesabreak pic.twitter.com/nsEtZMUZeJ […]

Don’t Expect Your Buddy From PwC to Answer Your Email Anytime Soon
Holidays — more specifically, time off during the holidays — are a sore subject around here. And for good reason. Other than mail carriers, accounting professionals are probably right up there as the folks who are expected to work come rain, shine, or celebration of the birth of baby Jesus. Sure, most people get Christmas […]
Seasonal Tax Preparers Would Be Wise to Dismiss Drug Trafficking As an Option in the Off-season
The life of the seasonal tax preparer isn’t for sissies. You work your butt off for 15 or so weeks, neglecting family and loved ones, and then you still have 37 weeks to kill. Some people just live off their tax season earnings and the odd extension. Some find work that matches the tax […]