As if the standard auditor’s opinion weren’t already sleep-inducing enough. Standards in the United States […]
Tag: Ernst & Young
Ex-EY Partner to CEO Mark Weinberger: ‘Let’s Make EY a Better Place to Work for Women’
In a Sept. 26 letter to EY Global Chairman and CEO Mark Weinberger, former partner […]
Another Former EY Partner Has Filed a Sexual Harassment Complaint Against the Firm
[Updated on Sept. 25 with allegations from the complaint, full statement from EY, and full […]
PwC Poaches Someone From EY and Issues a Press Release, Part I
Let this serve as the inaugural post to the immensely popular sister series: KPMG v. PwC. […]
Ten Embarrassing and Irrelevant Reasons Why Accounting Firms Suck at Advertising
The “Call our boy Ed Nusbaum” rose ad is up there as one of the most cringe-worthy pieces of advertising ever, not just out of accounting. We get it, GT, you’re trying to make accounting all sexy and stuff but put an old white guy on your ad with a rose between his teeth and it just comes off as weird. Make it a chick and you’re just being creepy and demeaning. Good to know the rebranding has helped the Purple Rose of Chicago beef up its advertising efforts, even if questions still remain as to how accurate said advertising is. And really, “instinct for growth” is still kinda sleazy, albeit not rose-in-the-teeth level sleaze. Sounds like GT needs a few hours of sexual harrassment training.