*and saleswomen
This person on r/Big4 seems to have had an epiphany that partners are better at people-ing than they are at the technical aspects of the firm’s business. Quite the revelation!
Why does it feel like the people who make it to partner are better at schmoozing than accounting?
byu/TheU_isBack inBig4
Take note, overachievers and aspiring partners: Technical skill matters most when you’re in the trenches. You could have Excel acumen that makes Andrew Ngai look like someone’s tech-averse grandma but if you can’t schmooze you’ll never go all the way.
This doesn’t explain the partners who are terrible at both yet made it to the top anyway. We’ll assume they slept with and/or blackmailed the right people on the way up.
I’d be hesitant to say partners are better dressed than used car salesmen. A lot of accounting partners dress like crap!