Got a job offer at PwC but a bit skeptial to accept after seeing the news about the tax scandal, what should I do?

[christabelle]

As the title says

 

[olorin92000]

@christabelle Take the job, just try not to laugh too loud when they make you do mandatory online ethics training

 

[inprincipio]

@olorin92000 PwC, will be looking to replace the dodgy partners. Could be a great opportunity.

 

[cement]

@christabelle The others are equally as dubious. Take the job.

 

[reviewmayhutmui]

@cement Haha yeah they just haven't been found out yet

 

[sogjohn]

@reviewmayhutmui Well KPMG got caught having lots of staff cheat on their ethics training, so they were kind of found out.

 

[zaki]

@reviewmayhutmui PWC is probably still the cream. Some of the people and the products they produce who I have dealt with at 2 of the other big ones are abominable.

 

[cement]

@zaki

e cream. Some of the people and th

I actually don't have any first hand experience with them. I have had Deloitte do some work for me in the past, but the was boring consulting.

Didn't KPMG get in massive trouble over some sort of cheating scandal?

I assume EY is getting split in two because of similar issues?

 

[jennifers60]

@cement KPMG lied in their advice to the Federal Government and sacked an AD who flagged that it was wrong.

 

[mumla]

@cement EY split was canned

 

[cement]

@mumla Didn’t know that. Do you know why?

 

[4bygrace]

@cement The US partners didn't want to go through with it, not sure why.

 

[cement]

@4bygrace Interesting. Although I imagine they will be forced to split at some point.

 

[4bygrace]

@cement Unlikely it will be forced, the split was to separate the audit area from the consulting areas to eliminate conflicts of interest that crop up (Consulting generates a lot more revenue compared to audit work) trying to keep the audits "clean".
The only reason why it would be forced is if either they grow super large and muscle out the competition or commit an astronomically stupid conflict of interest scandal.

 

[cement]

@4bygrace True, I suppose the big 4 are self levelling in terms of size anyway.

The astronomically stupid conflict is unheard of amongst their peers so will probably never happen either…….

 

[christopherb]

@christabelle In 6 months nobody will remember.

 

[reviewmayhutmui]

@christopherb Remember what?

 

[christopherb]

@reviewmayhutmui Yeh like all those bad things Goldman sachs did. Like Alan bond. When’s the last time someone mentioned him? Or can we remember all the bad things crown did? Barely.

 

[rodan6]

@christopherb Remember when VW cheated on their emissions test results? Yeah, nah, of course you don't. No one does.

 

[christopherb]

@rodan6 Memory is split into two. Active and passive. I can recall things mentioned, but it’s not active in my memory - did it impact the VW I almost bought 3 years ago? Didn’t have the slightest impact on my decision.