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Top 7 Reasons Why People Are Leaving Accounting Firms, According to PICPA

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Firms have to pay quality talent what they are worth or expect to lose them. Your firm is in a compensation competition for the best talent with many professions—not just accounting. Salary acceleration paths need to be implemented.” There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach,” the report says.

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ICYMI: The Ten Most Popular, Not at All Clickbaity Stories of 2022

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Nothing at all like the luxurious gaming chair your firm WFH stipend covered, though let’s be honest that one is harboring some ghost farts too. Here’s Everything We Know So Far About 2022 Accounting Salary Projections. The only reason accounting salaries did keep up with inflation for so long was the lack of inflation.

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Letter to the Editor: Life in Public Accounting Doesn’t Add Up For Young Professionals

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I had coached baseball for 3 years at this point, umpired baseball games for 6 years, played basketball my whole life, and coached junior high football for a year. Following graduation, I took the summer off of work and umpired baseball games, golfed 18 holes, and studied for the CPA exams. Crazy how that works.