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

CPA Practice

PICPA received survey responses from 323 accounting professionals nationwide who have zero to 15 years of public accounting experience and have left their firm or profession within the past five years. Your firm is in a compensation competition for the best talent with many professions—not just accounting.

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

Going Concern

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. Because of him and others at the firm, I decided to stick with the accounting profession and finish out my four years at Dordt. Crazy how that works.