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Friday Footnotes: For the Last Time, Salaries Are Too Low; NOCLAR Is Back; Big 4 Beat Up Again | 3.1.24

Going Concern

The median pay advertised for entry-level management consulting and financial analyst roles, by contrast, was $70,000 and $75,000, respectively. The regulator, which compiles its findings with a lag, inspected 215 audits conducted by the Big Four accounting firms in the U.S.

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Friday Footnotes: Working 100 Hours a Week (For Real); 99% of Firms Short on Staff; The EY Power Struggle | 8.4.23

Going Concern

Less than 1% of firms can find enough staff [ Accounting Today ] Relatively few CPA firms are able to find enough employees to fill their ranks and are resorting to strategies like hiring workers abroad, raising starting salaries, offering fully remote jobs, and hiring staff who haven’t graduated college, according to a new survey.

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Friday Footnotes: Eff You, Pay Me; KPMG is Reading Your Thoughts; EY Adds Meme Coins to Blockchain Tech | 2.24.23

Going Concern

How CPA Firms Are Engaging the Next Tax and Accounting Pros [ Bloomberg Tax ] And here’s another one with some crap about talent strategies that don’t include PAYING PEOPLE MORE MONEY smh. McKinsey will reportedly cut about 2,000 jobs amid restructuring [ MarketWatch ] McKinsey & Co.,