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Re: An Open Letter to EY Management

steve581 — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 17:19:19 -0000

Do we know the ages of those let go? Make partner or out?

Re: An Open Letter to EY Management

Ed Flanders — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:14:00 -0000

>Either EY has horrible HR

Doesn't that already go without saying?

Re: EY Won’t Let a Small 2.3% Increase In FY 2020 Global Revenue Ruin Its Thursday

Rusty — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 16:03:14 -0000

Remember back in 2013 when EY said they would be at $50B by 2020. Yeah, me too, that was awesome.

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Re: An Open Letter to EY Management

Cheetoman — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:23:38 -0000

You post on all of these articles. Do you bill this time to your clients?

Re: Layoff Watch ’20: Apparently It’s Doomsday for Some at EY

EYP — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:24:18 -0000

EY Parthenon London just identified staff for redundancy... All 5 are women... despite the team being 70% men. As mentioned in the story no prior notice or warning, no PiPs, performance managers of effected staff were not consulted in decisions, which were made by a couple of (male) partners and one junior HR rep. And of course partners are still paying themselves bonuses for the year.

Re: Promotion Watch ’20: Deloitte Canada Admits 125 New Partners

George Yang — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 08:57:31 -0000

Did a bunch get forced out in Canada this year? Deloitte Canada added about as many Partners/Principals as EY did in the US.

Re: Let’s Enjoy These CPA Exam Pass Rates From Before the Entire World Went Down the Can

Disgusted — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 20:04:54 -0000

Compare with pass rates from 20 years ago when you had to be able to think and do math. The exam should only be passed by the elite...not everyone that can memorize and use a calculator!

Re: Layoff Watch ’20: Apparently It’s Doomsday for Some at EY

Mr.T — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 22:47:45 -0000

I'll finish this banter once and for all - I was insinuating that if you thought my post was so incoherent, how were you even able to deduce whether or not it was true? Do yourself a favor Corn Holio (which is a avatar that accurately reflects your intellect) and stop posting on GC. Every post you write just makes you look even more stupid and trashy.

Re: The Olds vs. PwC: Federal Judge Seems Fine with Age Discrimination Lawsuit Settlement

Buffettbassman — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 21:40:14 -0000

Re: Deloitte Sued by Ex-Manager for Discrimination Over ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Family Leave Policy

OldRetiredAccountant — Mon, 07 Sep 2020 17:02:33 -0000

I'm confused. The policy says she was entitled to 16 weeks but she took 6 months? I've been out of the game for a while but it seems like 6 mos is longer than 16 weeks. And 6 mos seems like a long time to hold a job--the client may have needed some help some time during that time.

Re: Layoff Watch ’20: Apparently It’s Doomsday for Some at EY

Mr.T — Sun, 06 Sep 2020 17:55:20 -0000

>>> Not one thing in your incoherent rant is true.

If my post was so incoherent, how were you able to deduce then it's not true ?? You're an idiot Corn Holio - stop trolling other people on GC just because you disagree with them. I know you can't read more than a few sentences at a time based from your many posts on GC- focus on improving your reading comprehension skills instead of your even more pathetic trolling skills.

Re: Layoff Watch ’20: Apparently It’s Doomsday for Some at EY

DK — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 00:13:51 -0000

You'd be surprised.

Re: Layoff Watch ’20: Apparently It’s Doomsday for Some at EY

UCSBGRAD — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 23:29:21 -0000

E&Y may be doing layoffs but when someone says that they have been a senior manager for 9 years and are very close to promotion that isn't the truth as the next promotion would be partners and that is a process that takes a year. Sounds like some of these people think they are better than they are.

Re: Layoff Watch ’20: Apparently It’s Doomsday for Some at EY

Mr.T — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 23:18:03 -0000

Good job Corn Holio on knowing how to read a few sentences of other people's posts and take them out of context. You are so "smart". I was referring to the fact that Deloitte told their employees that they were being let go because of the economic hardship from the pandemic - unlike PwC or EY who told their employees that they were being let go because of performance issues (when in actuality they were more likely let go because of the economic hardship from the pandemic as well).

Oh and you're either a liar or don't know what your talking about Corn Holio - Deloitte never said they would not lay people off. Also, only the Deloitte Tax Chairman and CEO stated that tax had record growth in FY2020. You may not be aware of this, but the different lines of services at Deloitte have different CEOs. None of the other Deloitte CEOs mentioned that there would be record profits or growth, be it in FY2020 or as projected in FY2021.

Re: Deloitte Sued by Ex-Manager for Discrimination Over ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Family Leave Policy

Michelle Roper — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 17:08:33 -0000

I experienced discrimination during and after my pregnancy at Deloitte. I also filed a discrimination lawsuit.

Re: Layoff Watch ’20: Apparently It’s Doomsday for Some at EY

willie phuister — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 16:50:43 -0000

im pretty credible and this has merit. i wish these people well as experiencing a layoff is horrific. i dont know about ey, but at this other place, they re-enginneered the evaluation based on the consulting practice. the end game was more uncertainty and less clarity about performance than ever. has been a horrible system, but if this sorta system was used by ey, it probably gives them the legal latitude to terminate anyone, at anytime. people used to know if they were meeting expectations or above etc, but now they honestly don;t know where they stand on a relative basis and the responses to these questions have been off-the-mark.

Re: Layoff Watch ’20: Apparently It’s Doomsday for Some at EY

Mr.T — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 13:31:55 -0000

EY took a page out of PwC's Management Book - EY bumped down employee ratings to justify letting people go (same tactic PwC used wink wink). The people in this article were capable employees who were downgraded in ratings, just so EY could get rid of them to lower "Salaries Expense". Deloitte is the only Big 4 firm being honest in regards to laying off people due to the Coronavirus. Deloitte may not have the best management out of the Big 4, but certainly the most honest when it comes to layoffs.

Re: Layoff Watch ’20: Apparently It’s Doomsday for Some at EY

Jim Curry — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 22:07:48 -0000

Don't sweat it. Plenty of great CPA firms that will hire you, although probably for not as much as the big shots were paying. But they might not try to kill you with overwork.

Re: Deloitte Sued by Ex-Manager for Discrimination Over ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Family Leave Policy

Data for Dignity — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 16:33:21 -0000

My mistake. I apologize. Thank you for your clarification.

Re: Deloitte Sued by Ex-Manager for Discrimination Over ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Family Leave Policy

JustAGuyInTheCommentSection — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:50:35 -0000

Was being facetious, but can understand how it can be interpreted as my support of this. I assure you I do not.

Re: Layoff Watch ’20: Apparently It’s Doomsday for Some at EY

John Smith — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 11:12:36 -0000

EY's people consultant sucks. They put a group of tax people on those state projects to process unemployment claims, and this is a pain to hear people complaining all day everyday. The HR person would threaten that you will be fired if you want to drop from the project. EY claims that those projects are to prevent layoffs, but honestly taking those calls is more painful than being laid off.

Re: Deloitte Sued by Ex-Manager for Discrimination Over ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Family Leave Policy

JustAGuyInTheCommentSection — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 20:13:49 -0000

Props on the consultant-speak tho: “you are swimming around looking for work, and you need to find the shore and start work. You are not safe in your job unless you do.”

Re: These Colleges Have Cranked Out the Most Public Accounting Firm CEOs and Managing Partners (2020)

Jennifer Disharoon — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 16:42:14 -0000

Great article, Jason! Would you update our firm name in your list? Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman is now GRF CPAs & Advisors. We really appreciate it!
Jennifer Disharoon, Marketing Director, GRF CPAs & Advisors

Re: Ask GC: Is It OK to Renege on a Previously Accepted Offer For an Offer From a Bigger Firm?

Kodos Tarsus — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 19:47:34 -0000

Solid advice tainted by the following: "The only time “loyalty” or some form of it should be considered is when you’re established at a firm and have your team to consider." This is terrible advice for many, many different reasons. Anyone who believes this deserves to have another person on his/her team take the job they passed on. Nothing more sad than misplaced loyalty.

Re: Winners and Losers in Accounting: Coronavirus Edition

Jeff — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 05:43:19 -0000

FWIW - I could have done without the vulgarity