Finance and tech sectors are cutting new hire classes in half meanwhile accounting firms are paying new hires as much as experienced hires. This inability to think dynamically or forward is why accounting firms get no respect in the marketplace. Just a bunch of old boomers who run everything based on accounting outcomes (history), not ongoing operations (future).
Who in the hell thought open floor office plans were a good idea? We were pulled from our WFH setups to work in an open floor plan. There is no privacy and I can hear everyone's conversations. It's so hard to focus. Not to mention the smells. Everyone's perfumes, colognes, and lunches merge together and the air is so toxic. How is this setup supposed to improve our productivity?
Hearing rumors that the EY Honolulu office may be shutting down. Does anyone have insight into what that could mean for employees based there? Curious whether relocation would be required/covered, if people would move to remote alignment, or if layoffs are typically involved in situations like this.
For EY 16 weeks paternity leave and they let you add on 3 weeks of flexible vacation on the back end for a total of 19 weeks. Used to need to be at the firm for a year to qualify, but they just changed it to effective immediately upon starting with the firm.
You’d probably burn a bridge. But that would be it
Policy change to no service required was effective on July 1 this year.
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Kpmg- 12 weeks
I believe you are required to be eligible by how many hours you have completed in service. Might be the same for any company. You could say most companies are trying to make sure none of this is pre-existing
Dm if you want to join EY
For KPMG, you have to be FMLA eligible which requires a year of service.