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“Defecating Butterfly”; Stakeholders Celebrate PwC Rebranding

21 October 2010

For those who missed the full-page spread in yesterday's AFR, behold the new face of PriceWaterhouseCoopers: Thankfully, the firm hasn't inadvertantly chosen a new brand that also happens to...

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Firm Spy Remuneration Report; Freehills Lawyer Salaries

4 November 2009

Following from Monday's report into the remuneration of staff at Mallesons, we today move onto the reported salaries of Freehills, the equal second largest Australian law firm by revenue in 2008/20...

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Leaked KPMG Email Reveals Shocking Staff Over-Utilisation & “Maximum Assurance”

9 June 2010

We reported last week the news that KPMG is in the midst of a major outflow of skilled workers, in particular from audit. Not to mention the very troubling loss of the MONTE CARLOS. Today we bui...

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Firm Spy Remuneration Report – Blake Dawson Lawyer Salaries

26 November 2009

It is very clear to us that the Firm Spy Remuneration Report has thus far been a ratings bonanza. Our internet traffic has taken off on (what our favourite special comments person would term) a "se...

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The Poo Poll; Ominous Sign KPMG Employee Scheme Will Fail

7 July 2009

We reported in June that KPMG workers were being forced to vote on a scheme which the firm said would help save jobs. We justifiably likened that scheme to the financial plight of failed tennis pla...

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Floodwatch: PwC Brisbane Evacuates Staff

12 January 2011

Like many Australians, our thoughts are with those currently affected by the Queensland and New South Wales floods. After successive tragedies and gloom, it's heartening to hear that at least so...

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The Phillips Fox(t)rot; Adelaide Office Gains Financial Independence

26 March 2010

We reported last week that full merger talks between Australian law firm DLA Phillips Fox and its international affiliate DLA Piper had been thwarted. That is, the incoming Phillips Fox Chief Executive Partner Tony Holland hadn't yet had an opportunity to get across "the financials" of the merger. Tony's task of getting across these mysterious "financials", apparently just got a little easier. If our anonymous DLAPF spy is to be believed, he ought to consign the figures coming from his Adelaide office to the bin: DLAPF/DLA Piper merger? DLAPF Adelaide is now financially independent of the wider firm. It happened a couple of months ago, very quietly. Very quietly indeed! We certainly haven't read anything in the press. This news is at odds with the firm's Australian website which pr...

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Allens Arthur Robinson Business Services Staff Shudder as Outsourcing Threat Emerges

23 March 2011

We mentioned recently that there is plenty of noise in the Australian corporate space on the issue of outsourcing, This follows from major moves internationally: In 2010, the US lost approximately...

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Ernst & Young & the Restless Staff Query ‘Departures’ amid New Redundancy Rumours

10 June 2009

In a huge week for Big 4 accounting screwups gossip, the Firm Spy can today reveal new rumours of discreet sackings, but this time at Ernst & Young. This from an Ernst & Young spy today:...

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“Neil Down”; PWC Staff Irked By Indian OffShoring

10 December 2009

This comical, insightful goss from an anonymous PWC spy earlier today: "Neil" down or get taken down. Seems the good news machine at PWC continues spreading propoganda with last week a new entry to the calendar - an internal firm services town hall. these are the poor IT and Operations schleps who are at the beck and call of partners and the oddly named Chief Costs Officer "Neil" Wilson. In an effort to encourage morale Neils summonsed all 500 staff to a dark 3 star hotel ballroom for a 2 hour workshop; what staff were faced with was news that decisions on job offshoring to India would be made before christmas, some bad jokes and attempts at reaching the people and in what one person said was insulting a reference to the fact that even broom sweepers at NASA were as respected as a P...

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