That's the question being posed at work recently. All staff have been divided into project teams to help out the partners on this major management restructure project.
Scary topics such as firm vision, culture, values, internal processes are being pulled apart to reveal the inefficiencies that are in existence. Do they really exist? What are our inefficiencies? Why are people dissatisfied and leaving on mass?
I did some reflection late last year, and counted that it's been one person per month since I've been here, that has left the firm. (Who knows, maybe in yet another 3 years I'll be the longest serving staff member...AGAIN) So that makes it 12 people.
But namely those that have left are younger graduates or undergrads still at uni.
Apparently this is the norm, especially in our country with a shortage of bean counters, therefore we're in hot demand!!
But honestly, the poor grads and undergrads get given the brainless tasks of letters, simple tax returns, and if jobs are running extremely low, even filing and photocopying. That is considering we already have admin staff with a shortage of work, plus a full-time filing clerk.
I have noticed though, that within the accounting profession, especially public practice, that there are ten million ways in doing the same task to reach the same outcome. Why can't there be uniformity here???? However, the following joke does touch on a smidgen on uniformity:
Why did the accountants cross the road?
Because they looked in the file and that was what they did last year.
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the DARK SIDE has spread through FEM Accountant agency. Darth Nolla!!!!
lol that's precisely what i do... cos that's what i did last year too.
so why is there a shortage of work but also in great demand? That just doesn't add up. Maybe it's only cos we're dealing with accountants.
It may mean that the workflow process is not working to enable staff to have consistent work.
Otherwise, maybe we're overstaffed? eek!
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