Your Firm Has Questions. Answer Them Here
E&Y’s global survey has rolled out and we’ve obtained a list of questions that Ersnters are being asked. After the jump, we’ve presented a partial list for feedback on your respective firm. Since...
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The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For
If you work at KPMG anyway. We heard that the annual employee survey was sent out today so that’s exciting. The most thrilling news is that FIVE of you will win $200 AMEX gift cards for participating....
View ArticlePwC Employees Don’t Need AmEx Gift Cards to Motivate Them
That’s right! We’ve confirmed that PwC’s annual employee survey went out Monday and unlike other firms, the rank and file at P. Dubs are more than happy to tell TPTB exactly how they feel without being...
View ArticleEmployee Satisfaction Survey: GC Edition
In the spirit of what appears to be survey week, we’re honoring requests to do our own survey. Plus we’ve been inspired by some questions that we’ve seen in the comments. We’ve presented a few...
View ArticleSome Feedback for PwC
From a source at 300 Mad House: “I just took the firm wide pulse survey and I laid into them. I told them to stop falsely advertising work life balance.” Not being intimately familiar the work/life...
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KPMG Is Getting Hot Over Some of Your Comments on Summer Blast
We don’t need to remind you that there is a long weekend coming up. In fact, some of you may be bolting later today so you could get a jump on a weekend full of bad decisions. Sensing your anxiety,...
View ArticleJohn Veihmeyer Wants to Know: How Can KPMG Become a More Awesome Place to Work?
‘Cause – DAMN! – it’s already pretty solid, right? Sure, Irish football isn’t having the best of seasons but JV isn’t going to let that perpetual disappointment keep him from making the House of...
View ArticleKPMG Silicon Valley Office Dangles “November Jeans Month” To Help Boost Poor...
Last week John Veihmeyer asked everyone at KPMG to share their thoughts on what the firm does well but also what the firm can do to improve its awesomeness. Well, apparently some of you in the Silicon...
View ArticleWhich Big 4 Firm’s New Hires Aren’t Receiving Performance Ratings?
There are clues: We hope you are settling into your new role and that things are going well! The purpose of this email is to make you aware of some important information regarding the year end...
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Here’s PwC’s New Comp Structure in Its Entirety (And Thoughts on Salary...
Last Friday we broke the news of the "exciting changes" to PwC's new compensation structure. We now have obtained the document in its entirety (on Page 2 of this post) for those interested in perusing...
View ArticleToronto Protesters Have Some Choice Words for KPMG
Remember the cost cutting report that the KPMG presented to the City of Toronto? The one that said they should consider closing a few zoos, let the grass grow for an extra week and let the snow...
View ArticlePartner Criticizes Subordinate for Dressing Like Peasant, Eating Like a Wild...
For the most part, performance reviews are a fairly disappointing affair. You walk in, prepared to explain why you’re such a badass CPA only to be informed that you’re pretty average. It’s nothing...
View ArticleYour Thoughts on the New Going Concern
So now that we've opened the kimono, TPTB are pretty anxious to know what you think of all the changes. As you know, we fired a warning shot yesterday to help lessen the blow but we know how sensitive...
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Occupy the SEC Sends a 325 Page Comment Letter On the Volcker Rule
Ah, the Volcker Rule… an allegedly sublime piece of legislation that keeps the Goldman rats from doing things like betting against clients and raking in an extra million a day. Love it or hate it, you...
View ArticleI See What You Did There: The Latest Changes on Going Concern
Well, if it isn't another mopey March Monday in busy season. If your life has been feeling especially drab lately, maybe you can take the time to appreciate some subtle changes that we've made around...
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CPA Review Students: We Want Feedback on Your Study Program
Hey folks, a concerned reader reached out the other day to vent about their current CPA review program and it got me thinking… instead of calling out one CPA review course, perhaps it's time to refresh...
View ArticleHere Are the Going Concern Freelancer Finalists
After a grueling first round, we've narrowed the field down to three. We took a lot of your feedback into account, so don't say we never listen to you. Here are your three finalists, in no particular...
View ArticleAnother List of the Best Accounting Firms to Work For, And Another Reason to...
If you hate your job, it's clearly because you don't work for one of Accounting Today's "100 Best Firms to Work For." Every year they come out with this list, and every year it bugs the hell out of me....
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This Is a Friendly Reminder to Take the Going Concern Jobs Survey and Enter...
Hey, everyone. Colin here. Mind if I pull you away from your spreadsheets for a bit? No, you don't mind. Last Friday we announced that Going Concern Jobs would be gracing the Internet with its...
View ArticleTake the Going Concern Annual Reader Survey to Save the Children*
It's that time of year again when the publishing overlords who run this laugh factory would like to know a little more about you, the Going Concern readers. It also gives you a chance to tell us what...
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