Just What We Need, Another Stupid Article About Millennials at Work
If you haven't had your fill of broadly generalized, stupid Millennial articles, boy do I have a good one for you.From The Buffalo News:Millennials typically are restless workers, generally only...
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The Open Workforce Presents New Challenges (and Opportunities) for Finance Professionals Can you trust 'em? "The good news is that this new workforce is more mobile, collaborative, agile and open. It...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: Deloitte's New CEO; Why to Avoid PwC; Rand Paul's...
Only 20% are Middle-Class, Most Don't Come Close [The Economic Populist]Noah Smith closes his post with, "The middle-class is dead. There is no going back in our lifetimes. We need to find a new way of...
View ArticleDeloitte's Next CEO Is a Woman, Let's All Give Them a Cookie
As we learned this morning, Deloitte is going all in on diversity and inclusion with the appointment of Cathy Engelbert as incoming CEO, effective March 11. This is, as we know, the first female CEO of...
View ArticleAuditors, Let's Talk About the Worst Audit Room You've Ever Seen
Earlier this week, someone posted an Open Item about eating in the audit room. But what about audit rooms in general? Let's face it: none of us look forward to working that closely together for an...
View Article92-Year-Old Accountant Shares His Secret to Surviving Busy Season
As you're slogging through yet another busy season, just keep in mind that it could be worse. You could be on your 70th busy season, like Sidney Weiss was up until he retired at the ripe old age of...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: More From Deloitte's New CEO; SEC Gives EY Partner a...
Deloitte's first female CEO: 'Don't stand still' [Fortune]Cathy Engelbert gave her first interview to Fortune and she talked about, what else, diversity and stuff: "What has Deloitte done to ensure an...
View ArticleThe IRS Pimped Its Ride But Is Still Driving a Jalopy
When one senator asked how the agency could still be using such old systems when it spends over $2 billion a year on information technology operations, [IRS Commissioner John] Koskinen explained that...
View ArticleThe Annual Close: The Year in Adverse Accounting Jokes
Just in case you missed an entire year of news (or rather, half a year since we only started this in August of last year), we've condensed the best of The Monthly Close into one short series of clips...
View ArticleThere's Only One Good Reason to Work at Deloitte
If you are trying to pick between a choice of Big 4 offers, perhaps you're wondering what makes Deloitte any different from other Big 4 firms. Unfortunately, this infographic from Deloitte isn't going...
View ArticleThe SEC Folded Like a Cheap Lawn Chair in Its Settlement With Big 4 Chinese...
As you know, the much-awaited SEC settlement with Big 4 China affiliates hit the pages on Friday. This particular dust-up came about over some workpapers the SEC has waiting on since the Ming Dynasty...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: McGladrey Shopping in Dixie; SEC Clawbacks; Ending...
McGladrey Expands in Alabama [AT]McG will acquire "substantially all of the assets" of Birmingham-based Sellers Richardson Holman & West.Jailhouse accountant gets more prison time for false tax...
View ArticleBusy Season Zen: The Can Opener Bridge
We're going to take a different approach to Busy Season Zen today, as it's getting to that point where cute ducklings and cuddly kittens may not be doing it for you.Perhaps you've seen this video...
View ArticleEx-Crazy Eddie CFO Now Judging Fellow Criminals on Their Criminal Talents or...
If there's anyone who knows about being a criminal, it's former Crazy Eddie CFO Sam Antar because he is one. Perhaps that's why CNBC recruited him to judge fellow criminals' performance much like...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: IRS Not Working Naked; PwC Just Doing Its Job;...
IRS Rehires Hundreds Of Problem Former Employees [Forbes]The Inspector General identified hundreds of rehires despite prior substantiated conduct or performance issues. Some were serious. They ranged...
View ArticleThe SEC Finally Got Around to Sanctioning Big 4 Firms in China
The SEC has been pretty busy lately, what with tongue-lashing the PCAOB about their duties and all. But somehow they found time in their busy schedule to get around to that whole sanctioning Big 4...
View ArticlePwC Chairman Bob Moritz Says Heat Stroke Is Good for Your Career
Whelp, better get the trophies, as this is without a doubt the worst anecdote ever:Heat-tested in Texas. Here’s a great story about the importance of being agile and learning all you can from the...
View ArticleJust What We Need, Another Stupid Article About Millennials at Work
If you haven't had your fill of broadly generalized, stupid Millennial articles, boy do I have a good one for you.From The Buffalo News:Millennials typically are restless workers, generally only...
View ArticleFriday Footnotes: Open Your Heart to a Hiring Manager; The Worst Billionaire;...
The Open Workforce Presents New Challenges (and Opportunities) for Finance Professionals Can you trust 'em? "The good news is that this new workforce is more mobile, collaborative, agile and open. It...
View ArticleAccounting News Roundup: Deloitte's New CEO; Why to Avoid PwC; Rand Paul's...
Only 20% are Middle-Class, Most Don't Come Close [The Economic Populist]Noah Smith closes his post with, "The middle-class is dead. There is no going back in our lifetimes. We need to find a new way of...
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