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Tracker: These Public Accounting Firms Are In Mandatory Work-From-Home Mode

Posted on by Jason Bramwell

Did you ever think you’d see the day that something would cause some of the largest public accounting firms in the nation to temporarily close their offices and force everyone to work from home? I didn’t, but thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, here we are.

Based on tips we’ve received, as well as scanning Twitter and accounting firm websites, here’s a list of firms that have gone mandatory work from home, not just encouraging or recommending their employees to work from home, for the immediate future. We’ll continue to update this list as we know more firms that are in full-blown work-from-home mode:

United States

Canada

  • PwC
  • EY
  • KPMG
  • RSM
  • BDO
  • Pinnacle CPAs
  • Afolabi Accounting & Co.

This list is very much incomplete, so if your firm has made working at home mandatory for the time being, please get in touch with us using the contact information below and we’ll update our list.

Stay safe and healthy, everyone.

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Here’s some major stuff that probably keeps some E&Y partners awake at night:
• Lehman Brothers – E&Y’s role in the collapse of Lehman Brothers has got little attention in the press, however, suits have already been filed by San Mateo County in California, the City of Long Beach, California and the Southern District of Texas. It wouldn’t be unreasonable to speculate that more suits are likely to be filed.
• Madoff Exposure – E&Y also has significant Madoff exposure, as the auditor of several feeder funds. D&O Diary has them listed as defendants in at least ten different lawsuits.
• Layoffs – There have lots of reports of layoffs at E&Y in the last month or so, many of which occurred in the tax practices in the Northeast, and many of those getting the axe were supposedly on visas. Real classy. This was a follow-up to layoffs that also went down in February. As if that’s not enough, there were also rumors of layoffs occurring monthly since September ’08 in the Detroit office. Plus, with lots comments about stealth layoffs at all levels, it sounds like it has been a bloodbath at E&Y.
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